Book Reviews : Christians and Social Work
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056601200319 |
| Date | 01 September 1966 |
| Author | T. Bales |
| Published date | 01 September 1966 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
oriented
culture
of
their
schools.
As
a
result
the
present
economic and
social
order
is
perpetuated
to
the
advantage
of
the
effluent
majority
in
the
U.S.,
unlike
in
the
U.S.S.R.,
where
on
the
basis
of
his
inadequate
da,ta
M~r.
Hicker-
son
considers
,a
much
more
satisfactory
state
of
affairs
to
exist.
This
is
a
political
tract,
in
which
the
author’s
imagination
takes
over
where
the
facts
leave
off.
However,
we
can
all
recognise
the
&dquo;Neivsom
children&dquo;
among
our
own
probationers,
who
are
handi-
capped
by
substantially
the
same
situ-
ation
though
in
a
less
extreme
form,
and
it is
encouraging
to
come
across
an
author
who
cares
passionately
about
it.
JONATHAN
MOFFETT
Christians
and
Social
Work
Kathleen
Heasman
S.C.M.
Press
8s.
6d.
The
Church
is
very
concerned
at
the
moment
to
stir
Christian
people
from
the
narrow
conception
of
their
own
lives
and
awaken
within
them
a
sense
of
social
responsibility.
Mrs.
Heasman
sets
out
in
her
book
to
examine
why
Chris-
tians
have
a
social
responsibility
to
others.
Since
the
utterance
&dquo;Go
and
do
thou
likewise&dquo;
many
Christians
have
sought
to
implement
this.
Often
thy
have
failed
to
appreciate
-that
the
Samaritan
referred
his
casually
to
a
professional
inn-keeper.
Thus
the
so-called
&dquo;do-
gooders&dquo;
have
often
interfered
in
the
lives
of
others
sometimes
resulting
in
greater
problems
for
the
casualty.
Mrs.
Heasman
in
challenging
the
Christian,
seeks
to
inform
him
by
re-
minding
him
of
(the
many
professional
services
available,
to
whom
he
may
refer
casualties.
She
seeks
to
portray
on
her
canvas
a
picture
revealing
the
statutory
and
voluntary
social
services.
She
attempts
to
blend
the
colours
of
Christian
doctrine
and
psychological
theory
into
a
whole
and
the
result
is
not
too
hars~h.
She
does
challenge
Christians
to
an
aotive
participation
in
fulfilling
their
social
responsibility
and
points
out
the
need
for
training
whatever
work
they
may
embark
upon.
This
book
could
well
be
read
by
Church
groups
before
asking
the
proba-
tion
officer
to
lead
discussions
with
them.
T.
BALES
Ideology
and
Crime
Leon
Radzinowicz
Heinemann
Educational
Books
21s.
This
brief
but
compaot
study
of
the
development
of
ideas
about
.the
treat-
ment
of
crime
moves
.from
an
examina-
tion
of
the
purely
legal
approach
to
the
modern
realisati,on
that
there
is
no
single
cause
of
crime
and
therefore
no
single
all-purpose
treatment.
Law
pre-
served
the
rights
of
the
individual
and
made
clear
in
advance
what
could
and
could
not
be
done;
but
it
also
justified
severe
penalties
and
the
use
of
capital
punishment
because
she
law
could
not
be
wrong
and
protected
anyone
against
being
wrongly
convicted.
Lombroso,
with
his
theory
of
a
crim-
inal
type,
wrong
as
he
was,
nevertheless
centred
attention
on
the
fact that
indi-
vidual
characteristics
were
to
be
found
in
offenders.
They
could
not
all
be
pushed
into the
same
mould
and
dealt
with
by
an
inflexible
legal
code.
The
development
of
the
belief
in
the
indi-
vidual
has
been
matched
by
develop-
ments
in
the
belief
in
individual
treat-
ments,
including
where
appropriate
methods
based
on
the
acceptance
of
the
offender’s
responsibility
and
co-opera-
tion.
F.D.
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