Davies, Martin.

Prisoners of Society: Attitudes and after-care.

London / Boston, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm. XII, 204 pages, (14) pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: The reality of after-care / Before release / A portrait of prisoners / The experience of prison / Responding to the needs of the ex-prisoner / The development of borstal after-care and parole / Probation practice / The homeless offender / Pre-release employment schemes / The prisoner’s view / Attitudes towards after-care / The dillema of penal decision-making / No alternative to imprisonment / After-care – an apology for vengeance etc.

Prison is seen by most people as an inevitable part of the penal system, but there is a growing awareness that its effects on offenders are rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In ‘Prisoners of Society’, Martin Davies argues that there is still the need in society for a commitment, not to reform its deviant members, but to provide a compassionate service in those situations where it is most needed. He looks at the increasingly important role of the probation service in prisons and borstals, and discusses the likelihood of radical changes occuring within the present system. (Source: Dustjacket flap)

Martin Davies has been a university teacher in Manchester and Norwich for thirty years. He was founding director of the social work programme at the University of East Anglia, taking it in two decades from the drawing board to premier position in England. He is author of “The Essential Social Worker” (1994) and editor of the “Blackwell Companion to Social Work” (Blackwell, 1997). He teaches social psychology and psychosocial research methods. He is currently Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. (Google Books)

• Keywords: Catalogue One – History of Law · Law – Rare · Prison · Psychology · Sociology
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 30088AB

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