Book review: Echoes
| Author | Stephen Hubbard |
| DOI | 10.1177/0264550513512746c |
| Date | 01 December 2013 |
| Published date | 01 December 2013 |
| Subject Matter | Book reviews |
studies to explore the risks and opportunities that approved premises present, as
potential sitesof both collusion and segregationand preparation for resettlementand
reintegration. A review of the practice and research on Circles of Support and
Accountability as an approach to supporting the longer term restoration and reinte-
gration of particular individuals convicted of sexual offending is advanced by Bates
and Wilson. Concluding this section, Mike Nellis examines the individual, political,
legislative andtechnological contexts thathave influenced the use of the GPS satellite
trackingof sex offenders in the USA, the implicationsof which have broader relevance
to other jurisdictions considering or utilizing GPS tracking. Rather than undermining
humanitarian and supportive practices with sexual offenders, Nellis argues that the
efficacy of these technological advances seems to depend on them.
The final section of this edited collection studies the contemporary skills, prac-
tices and policies framing current practice. Collectively they propose that exclu-
sionary, risk focused approaches undermine the development or pursuit of more
holistic, change focused practices. In this vein, Kemshall and Wood conclude their
discussion of the operation of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements by
exploring what a move away from a community protection model to a protective
integrative strategy might entail. Knight adds a new dimension to this discussion
by exploring the use of interpersonal skills and emotional literacy among practi-
tioners, which she argues are critical to sustaining meaningful engagement with
sexual offenders.
In answering the question posed by the title of this edited collection, Brayford,
Cowe and Deering advocate a multi-dimensional, integrative and collaborative
response to the challenges and complexities that addressing the diverse behaviours
of this varied population of people poses. This review merely skims the surfaces of
this comprehensive collection of essays, which will have international relevance and
appeal to academics and students, to various criminal justice professionals and to
penal reformers and policy makers alike.
Echoes
Nick Bullock
Vertebrate Publishing; 2012; pp.256; £20; hbk
ISBN: 978-1-906148-53-9
Reviewed by: Stephen Hubbard, Team manager, Cumbria Probation
Trust.
Many books have been written by individuals to describe how climbing moun-
tains and rocks has gripped their lives. Many books have also been written by
individuals to describe how being in a prison has affected them. Nick Bullock in
450 Probation Journal 60(4)
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