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Fergus McNeill (2006) A New Paradigm for Social Work with Offenders?

septembre 15th, 2012 | Publié par Psychocriminologie dans DESISTANCE | PROBATION - (0 Commentaire)

Fergus McNeill (2006) A New Paradigm for Social Work with Offenders?

CjScotland

Summary
In an influential article published in 1979, Bottoms and McWilliams proposed the adoption of a ‘non-treatment paradigm’ for social work practice with offenders. Their argument rested on a careful analysis not only of empirical evidence about the ineffectiveness of rehabilitative treatment but also of theoretical, moral and philosophical questions about such interventions. By 1994, emerging evidence about the potential effectiveness of some intervention programmes was sufficient to lead Raynor and Vanstone to suggest significant revisions to the ‘non-treatment paradigm’. In this article, it is argued that a different but equally relevant form of empirical evidence – that derived from desistance studies – suggests a need to reevaluate these earlier paradigms for criminal justice social work practice. This is a much abbreviated version of an article entitled ‘A Desistance Paradigm for Offender Management’ which was published in the journal ‘Criminology and Criminal Justice’ January  (McNeill, 2006). W

http://www.cjscotland.org.uk/pdfs/Desistance.pdf

Pr Anthony Bottoms (2008) The uncertain road to desistance

juin 29th, 2012 | Publié par crisostome dans DESISTANCE - (0 Commentaire)

Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms (University of Glasgow) examines persistent young offenders and the uncertain road to desistance in this annual lecture by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, recorded in 2008

KAZEMIAN (2012) État des lieux de la recherche empirique sur le désistement

mai 25th, 2012 | Publié par Psychocriminologie dans DESISTANCE | MULTIMEDIA - (0 Commentaire)

Lila Kazemian – État des lieux de la recherche empirique sur le désistement (désistance)

Lila Kazemia, John Jay College of criminal justice (USA)

XIIIe colloque de l’AICLF (Université de Montréal, du 13 au 15 mai 2012)

LAUB, SAMPSON (2001) Understanding Desistance from Crime

mars 14th, 2012 | Publié par Psychocriminologie dans articles | DESISTANCE | INTERNATIONAL - (0 Commentaire)

John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson;  Understanding Desistance from Crime

John H.Laub, professor of criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park,
and Robert J.Sampson, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago

a b s t r a c t
The study of desistance from crime is hampered by definitional, measurement, and theoretical incoherence. A unifying framework can distinguish termination of offending from the process of desistance. Termination is the point when criminal activity stops and desistance is the underlying causal process. A small number of factors are sturdy correlates of desistance (e.g., good marriages, stable work, transformation of identity, and aging). The processes of desistance from crime and other forms of problem behavior appear to be similar. Several theoretical frameworks can be employed to explain the process of desistance, including maturation and aging, developmental, life-course, rational choice, and social learning theories. A life-course perspective provides the most compelling framework, and it can be used to identify institutional sources of desistance and the dynamic social processes inherent in stopping crime.

http://troublesofyouth.pbworks.com

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ALLAN WEAVER (2008) « So You Think You Know Me? »

février 25th, 2012 | Publié par crisostome dans DESISTANCE | Non classé - (0 Commentaire)

« So You Think You Know Me? » was first published on the 19th June 2008 and officaly launched at Glasgow School of Social Work.

So You Think You Know Me? ALLAN WEAVERAs a local hard case, author Allan Weaver took no prisoners. Neither does he in this compelling work in which he tells of a life of violent episodes and chaotic early life. Teachers, social workers and ‘authority figures’ never tried ‘to get to know him’ to unearth the clues and triggers and discover what his offending was all about. A natural rebel and a radical, it is hardly surprising that by ignoring the real Allan Weaver this led to an escalation of his violent activities, tensions between family and friends and dubious associates.

So You Think You Know Me? is packed with contradictions: the Allan Weaver involved in mayhem and aggression is not the one telling the story from inside his own head: an often vulnerable, sensitive, articulate, unquestionably loyal and even-handed individual; mistaken, misguided and foolish perhaps but largely trapped by an increasing need to live up to his ‘tough guy’ reputation.

That there can be any tidy ending to this graphic true-life account of approved school, assessment centres, care homes, borstal and Glasgow’s notorious Barlinnie Prison is quite remarkable yet Allan Weaver survived to obtain a degree from Strathclyde University and to work on the inside of the Criminal Justice System with young people who, like he was, are in trouble with the law. The punches that he now throws are directed towards the shortcomings of a system which he believes is failing to do all that it could to turn them away from crime and anti-social behaviour as he explains in this heartfelt autobiography.As a local hard case, author Allan Weaver took no prisoners. Neither does he in this compelling work in which he tells of a life of violent episodes and chaotic early life. Teachers, social workers and ‘authority figures’ never tried ‘to get to know him’ to unearth the clues and triggers and discover what his offending was all about. A natural rebel and a radical, it is hardly surprising that by ignoring the real Allan Weaver this led to an escalation of his violent activities, tensions between family and friends and dubious associates.

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