Book Reviews : Sentencing in Magistrates' Courts: A Study in Variations of Policy
| Date | 01 September 1966 |
| Published date | 01 September 1966 |
| Author | Kate Lyon |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056601200314 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
116
the
presence
of
love
in
counselling.
But
behind
even
this
continual
theme
in
the
book
is,
I
feel,
the
fear
that
counsellors
will
be
so
influenced
by
behavourist
thought
and
teaching,
and
so
ready
to
accept
this
teaching
without
seeing
its
implications
as
to
the
value
of
human
love,
that
they
will
find
themselves
hav-
ing
to
question
the
basic
beliefs
of
Christian
Society
in
the
value
of
the
family
and
of
even
the
love
of
a
mother
for
her
child.
As
Professor
Halmos
writes
in
his
concluding
paragraphs
&dquo;I
have
been
trying
to
show
that
the
so-called
vitalistic -
psychoanalytical
mode
of
thought,
the
ideology
of
counselling,
has
been
an
ally
of
love’s
growth
among
man.
And
I
have
been
trying
to
show
that
a
displacement
of
this
counselling
ideology
by
a
behaviourist
theory
of
hel-
ping,
mya
produce
a
moral
climate
in
which
the
progress
of
the
regimen
of
love
may
be
halted&dquo;.
&dquo;The
question
is
primarily
not
whether
the
mechanistic
account
of
the
love
is
true
but
how
we
shall
continue
our
progress
in
love
and,
indeed,
survive
when
everybody
thinks
it
is
true?
And
how
shall
we
be
able
to
administer
help
to
others
without
the
Faith
of
the
Counsellors?&dquo;.
Perhaps
one
might,
as
Professor
Hal-
mos
himself
does
at
times,
turn
to
theology
for
the
final
answer
and
quote
Swedenborg,
who
says
quite
categorically
that
&dquo;Love
is
the
Life
of
Man&dquo;.
&dquo;The
Faith
of
the
Counsellors&dquo;
is
a
book
that
must
not
be
ignored.
H. HEAP
The
Teaching
of
Social
Studies
in
British
Universities
Kathleen
Jones
Codicote
Press
8s.
The
Teaching
of
Social
Studies
in
British
Universities
is
one
of
a
series
of
Occa-
sional
Papers
on
Social
Administration,
started
in
1960,
to
fulfill
the
need
for
studies
which,
in
size,
fell
between
the
short
article
and
the
full
length
book.
This
paper,
together
with
a
companion
study
by
Mrs.
B.
N.
Rodgers
(The
Careers
of
Social
Science
Students),
sets
out
to
describe
the
teaching
of
social
studies,
the
type
of
staff,
the
age
and
sex
of
the
students,
the
accommodation,
the
length
of
courses
and
to
show
what
trends
are
to
be
found
in
the
development
of
methods
of
training.
Dr.
Jones
gives
a
clear
account
of
the
confusing
number
and
different
types
of
courses
available.
The
main
dichotomy
is
between
the
pure
sociology
course
with
no
practical
training
on
the
one
hand
and
the
professional
course
which
is
purely
vocational
on
the
other.
Between
come
the
sociology
courses
with
varying
amounts
of
practical
work,
the
degree
and
diploma
courses,
the
17-month
courses
and
the
possibly
doomed
two-
year
certificate
courses.
The
book
gives
a
very
good
picture
of
things
as
they
are
and
things
as
they
may
well
be.
It
provides
points
for
discussion
and
facts
on
which
such
discussion
can
be
based.
It
would
be
very
useful
for
P.O.s
asked
to
advise
aspiring
social
workers
on
methods
of
training
and
would
help
tutor
officers
to
understand
the
background
of
their
trainees.
Its
main
use
however,
seems
to be
for
aspir-
ing
students
themselves
and
for
career
teachers
and
heads
of
schools.
CHRISTINE
PORTER
Sentencing
in
Magistrates’
Courts:
A
Study
in
Variations
of
Policy
Roger
Hood
Stevens
20s.
Sentencing
may
embrace
a
single
penal
philosophy,
such
as
retribution,
or
a
multiplicity
of
aims:
of
reformation
of
the
offender,
of
individual
or
general
deterrence,
and
of
the
needs
of
the
com-
unity.
The
requirement
that
sentencing
should
be
fair
and
equitable,
coupled
with
the
circumstances
surrounding
the
offence,
implies
that
variations
in
sen-
tencing
should
.be
the
result
of
renal
differences
in
the
offenders
appearing
before
the
courts,.
Dr.
Hood
has
set
out
to
examine
whether
there
can
ibe
equal-
ity,
given
the
very
wide
variations
in
sentencing
policy
in
our
criminal
courts;
in
other
words,
whether
our
justices
consider
the
same
factor
in
the
same
way!before
passing
sentence.
Taking
mat-
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