Book Reviews : Criminology in Focus
| Published date | 01 September 1979 |
| Date | 01 September 1979 |
| Author | Yvonne Craig |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057902600311 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
introduction to role play and simuIa-
bility, raises many questions. If the
tion games with discussion of the
Probation Service increases its in-
principles underlying their use, simple
volvement Î1’. victim projects, will this
guidelines for setting them up, and
essential reparative work for the com-
briefings for complete simulations.
munity displace its traditional com-
These too, can be used at all levels
mitment to representing the offender?
of skill and complexity, from a simple
If there is a &dquo;decline of meaningful
rehearsal role-play of a DHSS inter-
communities&dquo; and these become satu-
view with a client, to the acting out of
rated with deviants who are diverted
a neighbourhood’a relationship with
from custody, how will the anomie
its local authority, or the allocation
of each bear beneficially on their
of a department’s resources. There are
interaction? How far does the police
helpful remarks about the use of
discretion on which entrance to the
video, and the generally level-headed
criminal justice system depends reflect
considered approach should allay the
citizen values or its own &dquo;occupa-
anxieties of those who find such acti-
tional culture’ =and which will be
vities threatening, or wasteful indul-
safer as a future guide? For the un.
gences.
predictabiilty of the &dquo;human factor&dquo;,
On a recent two day team develop-
which has made some criminologists
ment exercise in which I was invol-
(but not Bottomley) advocate a bifur-
ved, one of the highlights was a late-
cated penal policy which categorizes
night session of the board-game
and contains mainly dangerous offen-
&dquo;Formula One&dquo; which was not only
ders, surely applies not only to asses-
enormous fun -
revealing, amongst
sing individual stability, but also to
other things, extreme deviousness and
the instability of the community as
ruthless competitiveness beneath other-
expressed by public reaction, abreac-
wise suave professional moderation-
tion or...
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