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Book Review: Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders

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AuthorAnne Worrall
DOI10.1177/026975809500400107
Published date01 September 1995
Date01 September 1995
Subject MatterBook Reviews
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MeanwhilethedefenceteamintheO
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Simpsoncasetrytopersuadethecourt
thatprosecutionevidenceshouldbeexcludedonthebasisthatitwasimproperly
obtainedandthattheirclientisinnocent
SusanEdwards
UniversityofBuckingham
SchoolofLaw
COUNSELINGCRIMINALJUSTICEOFFENDERSbyRuthE
Masters
ThousandOaksSage£pbpp
CounselingCriminalJusticeOffendersis
designedtoprovidestudentsand
criminaljusticeworkerswithapracticalpreparationfor`interfacingwithoffen
ders
Itclaimstobeuniqueinbringingtogetheraspectsofcounselingthe
Americanspellingisusedinthisreviewforconsistencyandworkwithoffenders
whicharenormallyfoundonlyinseparatetexts
Itisintendedforworkerswho
havelittleornoformaltrainingaswellasforstudentswhoareintheprocessof
training
Itcanalsobereadandmoreinterestinglyonacompletelydifferent
levelasacommentaryonthestateofAmericancorrections
thoughthisis
almostcertainlynotwhattheauthorintended
Thereismuchinthe
content ofthebookwhichwillappealtostudentsand
criminaljusticeworkersonbothsidesoftheAtlantic
Chaptersontheroleofthe
counselorcharacteristicsofoffendersmodalitiestheoriesandmethodsof
counselingandtheprocessofcounselingarepresentedinaclearreaderfriendly
fashion
Eachchapterstartswithbulletpointedstatementsandkeytermssum
marisingthemainissuesandconcludeswithpenandpaperexercisesanddis
cussionquestions
Mostpagescontainatleasttwosubsectionsandsoundbites
abound
Itisaveryreassuringbook
Forexamplealthoughwearetoldp

thatupto%ofcounselorsexperienceburnoutinthefirstfiveyearsof
employmentwearealsoassuredthat
:
`Burnoutcanbepreventedbyfirstbecomingawareofitanditssymptoms
Thecounselorcanalsodealwithburnoutbyidentifyingwhatmakeshim
orhergrowasahumanbeing
Whatacomforttoknowthatthesolutionissosimple!
Alongsidethisnaivelyconfidentnononsenseapproachhoweverarestate
mentswhichwillshockBritishreadersandcausethemtoquestionwhetherthey
reallyhaveanythingincommonwiththeirAmericancounterparts
Discussing
thecoerciveaspectsofcriminaljusticecounselingisafamiliarenoughoccupation
amongstBritishprobationofficersandyouthjusticeworkersbutIdoubtifthis
iswhattheyhaveinmind
:

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