Book Review : Drugs and Society
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057101700308 |
| Date | 01 September 1971 |
| Published date | 01 September 1971 |
| Author | Leslie Herbert |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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modation ;
on
the
contrary
many
prefer
it
and
feel
less
lonely
with
someone
to
talk
to.
Quite
a
few
bookings,
from
Can~p
Hill
Prison
especially,
are
for
wives
who
want
to
meet
their
husbands
on
their
day
of release
at
the
prison
at
7
a.m.
On
these
occasions
they
sometimes
feel
that
breakfast
at
6.30
a.m.
is
too
early,
so
they
have
their
bacon
and
egg
thc
night
before.
Alternatively,
they
are
encouraged
to
bring
their
husbands
home
to
breakfast
and
so
far
about
seven
ex-prisoners
have
come
back
with
their
wives.
Not
surprisingly
the
majority
are
keen
to
get
away
from
the
island
with
the
minimum
of
delay!
Once
the
visitor
has
seen
the
accommodation
and
has
been
given
a
front
door
key.
I
like
her
to
be
left
alone,
but
free
to
come
and
knock
on
our
door
for
any
odd
things
that
she
may
require.
The
ideal
visitor
is
the
prisoner’s
wife
who
comes
regularly
every
month
or
so;
those
who
come
the
second
time
or
third
time
feel
more
at
home
and
enjoy
their
stay
more
too.
The
most
heartbreaking
case
is
the
prisoner’s
wife
who
comes
from
a
long
way
with
several
children
and
can
only
face
the
journey
once
or
twice
a
year
and
stays
here
two
or
three
nights.
The
strain
on
these
wives
is
tremendous
and
their
appreciation
of
the
Overnight
Stay
Centre
is
correspondingly
great.
When
the
Centre
opened
in
June
1968,
the
charges
were
15/-
per
adult
and
7/6
for
a
child
for
bed
and
breakfast
per
night.
The
charges
ion
general
are
paid
by
Social
Security.
On
the
lst
April
1971
the
charges
increased
to
87p
for
an
adult
and
50p
per
child.
It
is
embarrassing
sometimes
to
ask
a
wife.
her
friend
and
possibly
two
children
to
pay
about
£5.50
to
stay
at
the
Centre
for
two
nights.
This,
of
course,
does
not
apply
when
a
person
is
getting
assistance
from
Social
Security.
Between
January
and
December
1969,
bed
and
breakfast
was
provided
for
120
adults
and
135
children,
and
in
the
same
period
of
1970,
for
115
adults
and
145
children.
From
July
1968
to
April
1971,
66
failed
to
arrive
although
bookings
had
been
made
but
18
arrived
without
bookings.
I
like
the
idea
of
the
Centre,
I
like
running
it,
I
like
the
visitors
and,
in
general,
the
visitors
appreciate
the
accommodation,
which
is
the
most
rewarding
of
all
things.
There
are
inconveniences
for
us,
such
as
people
arriving
late,
or
at
weekends
or
bank
holidays,
the
unexpected
arrival
and,
worst
of
all,
was
the
sight
of
three
adults
and
two
children
on
the
doorstep
when
we
returned
last
year
from
our
summer
holidays.
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BOOK
REVIEW
Drugs
and
Society
This
new
monthly
attempts
to
cover
a
wide
field
which
is
of
topical
interest
and
importance.
The
most
interesting
article
for
the
fieldworker
is
probably
John
Payne’s,
in
which
he
deplores
the
lack
of
help
for the
young
(although
this
does
not
apply
only
to
the
drug
ex-
perimenters).
Mr.
Payne
is
occas.ionally
naive
-&dquo;the
responsibility
of
helping
dis-
turbed
young
offenders
has
passed
from
the
magistrates
to
the
social
workers,
but
this
transfer
of
responsibility
seems
to
have
achieved
very
little
so
far&dquo;.
His
comments
on
school
counsellors
are
mostly
valid,
but
he
does
not
appear
to
realise
the
considerable
amount
of
work
carried
out
by
the
probation
service
with
adolescents,
both
before
and
after
a.ppearance
in
court.
There
is
an
interesting
interview
with
the
detective-sergeant
in
charge
of
the
Portsmouth
Drug
Squad,
and
a
research
article
by
Dr. Ian
Hindmarch.
I
found
this
journal
.irritating
in
lay-
out
(the
use
o~f
space
is
lavish),
and
would
suggest
a
considerable
editorial
tightening-up
(there
are
one
or
two
prin-
ting
oddities).
It
is
also
of
interest
that
there
is
a
Research
Consultant
and
a
Medical
Consultant,
but
not
a
Social
Work
Consultant.
One
wonders
why
not?
LESLIE
HERBERT
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