Young Rastafarians & the Probation Service
| Author | David Denney,Bruce Carrington |
| Published date | 01 September 1981 |
| Date | 01 September 1981 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455058102800402 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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YOUNG
RASTAFARIANS &
THE
PROBATION
SERVICE
Bruce
Carrington
Lecturer
in
Sociology,
School
of
Education,
University
of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
David Denney
Lecturer
in
Sociology,
University of
Kent
at
Canterbury;
former PO
The
article
looks at
the
history
and
meaning of
Rastafarianism,
The
authors
also
report the
findings of a
small
study of
the
views of
a
group of
young
Rastafarian
probationers
and of
thirty
probation officers,
They
conclude
that social
work
values
and
methods
require
some
change
if
there is
to
be
hope
of
effective
work
with Rastas,
and
that full acceptance
of
a
multi-
racial Britain
is
a
necessary
pre-requisite.
The
response
of
Britain’s
West
Indian
community to
the
recent
tragedies
in
South
East
London
the
grow-
ing
feelings of
anger
and
frustration
felt
many
racial minorities
in
this
country.
Continued
racialist
attacks
and
demon-
strations,
alleged
harassments
and
the
persistence
of discriminatory
prac-
tices
in
the
labour
market
and
elsewhere
have
prompted
the growth
of
forms
of
black
resistance
of which
Rastafarianism
is
the
most
publicised,
As
this
movement
gathers
momentum
social
workers
must
confront
the
issues
raised
by
this
group.
CCETSW
on
a
number
of
occasions
has
recommended
that
courses
give
more
adequate
attention
to
social
work
with
racial
minorities, but
the
evidence
avail-
able
suggests
that
relatively
little
effort
has
been
made
by
social
work
educators
in
this
area.
I
Who
are
the
Rastafarians?
The
Rastafarian
Movement
first
emerged
in
Jamaica in
1930,
following
the
coronation
of
Haile
Selassie
I
(Rasta-
fan) in
Ethiopia
as
the
’King
of
Kings,
Lord of Lords
and
Conquering
Lion
of
Judah’.
This
event
was
of
considerable
significance
to
black
nationalists,
for
it
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