Littoral Intuition
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058102800417 |
| Published date | 01 September 1981 |
| Author | Ian Hankinson |
| Date | 01 September 1981 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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volved-although,
because
of
its
origin
as
a
symposium,
rather
than
as
an
ortho-
dox
survey
of
the
subject,
details
are
occasionally
elusive.
The
material
is
a
stimulating
mixture
of
research
findings,
attitude
surveys,
accounts
of
victim
pro-
jects,
and
an
examination
of
problems
of
both
operational
practice
and
the
evolu-
tion
of
associated
legal
procedures.
Some
of the
research
deals
with
British
com-
munity
service
orders,
but
is
of
doubtful
validity.
Otherwise
this
clear,
readable
and
thought-provoking
book
would
pro-
vide
the
reader
interested
in
restitution
with
a
useful,
if
expensive,
introduction.
Mrs
J.
S.
M.
ROBERTS
ACPO.
Staffordshire
SOCIAL
WORK
TODAY
It
can
hardly
escape
your
notice
that
SWT
has
purchased
two
whole
pages
in
this
edition
to
advertise
a
special
sub-
scription
offer
to
probation
officers.
If
you
have
not
seen
SWT
recently
you
may
be
surprised
by
the
extent
and
success
of
changes
in
appearance,
con-
tent
and
editorial
style.
It
seems
to
be
a
much
more
intelligent
and
interesting
magazine,
concerned
much
less
with
performing
as
a
weekly
newspaper.
The
Managing
and
Deputy
Editors
attended
conference,
and
gave
generous
cover
to
it
in
the
edition
dated
October
27th.
They’ve
been
friendly
to
us-you
may
find
they
are
worth
reading
too!
LETTERS
Littoral
Intuition
Dear
Sir,
My
intuitive
response
to
Bob
Ander-
son’s
article
’The
Intuitive
Response’
(PJ
June
1981)
was
unprintable.
His
argument
seems
to
me
to
be
simply
a
succession
of
bald
assertions
and
dog-
matic
statements
that
are
never
properly
explained
and
are
sometimes
contradic-
tory.
To
comment
on
just
one
example:
it
is
not
self-evident
that
most
ordinary
experiences
are
coloured
or
falsified
by
verbalisation
and
rationalisation;
on
the
contrary
it
seems
much
more
likely
that
the
processes
of
language
and
thought
that
we
learn
through
socialisation
pro-
vide
the
context
within
which
we
ex-
perience
’ordinary
experiences’
and
that
the
post-experience
search
for
intuition
is
actually
the
falsifier.
Anderson’s
desire
to
be
capable
of
’pure
reactions’
through
rejection
of
judgment
and
assumptions
is
like
wanting
to
find
the
pot
of
gold
at
the
end
of
the
rainbow.
We
would
be
better
employed
in
accepting
and
understanding
the
social,
cultural,
psychological
and
politi-
cal
contexts
of
our
clients’
behaviour
(which
all
comprise
’assumptions’)
in
order
to
help
our
clients
adapt
their
be-
haviour
to
the
context
in
which
it
occurs.
Attempts
to
change
the
context
would
also
not
be
amiss
on
occasion,
but
for
goodness
sake
let’s
not
simply
pretend
that
it
isn’t
there.
If
we
all
do
nothing
but
exercise
our
intuition
where
does
that
leave
the
pro-
bation
officer?
Why
are
his/her
intui-
tions
any
more
valid
than
anyone
elses?
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