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Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Criminal Justice
Chris Trotter
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Description for Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Criminal Justice
Paperback. This timely new book addresses the issues relating to risk assessment and risk-driven interventions in criminal justice settings, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It provides a critique of the risk paradigm and provides practical guidance for students and professionals on establishing a more effective way of working with offenders. Editor(s): Trotter, Chris; McIvor, Gill; McNeill, Fergus. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
The risk assessment process, the interventions and treatment commenced as a result of it and the theory behind it are central to the administration of criminal justice programmes around the world. Most youth and adult corrections departments routinely conduct risk assessments, which are then used to inform the nature and intensity of subsequent criminal justice interventions. In this unique and important text, a team of the world's leading researchers in the field of criminal justice come together to provide a critique of this risk paradigm, and to provide practical guidance for professionals, students and academics on how ... Read more
The risk assessment process, the interventions and treatment commenced as a result of it and the theory behind it are central to the administration of criminal justice programmes around the world. Most youth and adult corrections departments routinely conduct risk assessments, which are then used to inform the nature and intensity of subsequent criminal justice interventions. In this unique and important text, a team of the world's leading researchers in the field of criminal justice come together to provide a critique of this risk paradigm, and to provide practical guidance for professionals, students and academics on how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137441324
SKU
V9781137441324
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Ref
99-50
About Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter is a Professor in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Australia. Gill McIvor is Professor of Criminology at the University of Stirling, UK. Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Reviews for Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Criminal Justice
'This book brings together a range of authors to 'problematize' a topic which, too often, is treated as an orthodoxy. It needs to be compulsory reading on probation training courses, and I would certainly recommend it to students.' - Professor Mike Nash, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Portsmouth, UK