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| Published date | 01 December 1999 |
| Date | 01 December 1999 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455059904600428 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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9,
At
any one
time,
more
than
35,000
children
are
on
child
protection
registers.
Preventing
Family
Violence -
a
Manual
for
Action
highlights
the
issue
of
family
violence
in
its
different
manifestations,
including
bullying,
domestic
violence,
physical
and
mental
punishment.
It
describes
examples
of
good
practice
from
around
the
world
and
offers
advice
on
the
practical
application
of
anti-violence
strategies
in
the
home
and
community,
both
to
protect
children
from
violence
and
to
prevent
children
from
becoming
violent
themselves.
Available
from
Save
the
Children
Publications,
17
Grove
Lane,
London SE5
8RD,
£7.50.
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Starting
with
the
1981
Scarman
Report
on
the
Brixton
riots,
Let’s
Get
it
Right:
Race
and
Justice
2000
summarises
efforts
made
to
tackle
racism
in
the
Criminal
Justice
System
over
the
past
twenty
years.
It
covers
changes
in
law
and
practice,
with
sections
including
research,
ethnic
monitoring
and
recruitment
within
criminal
justice
professions,
Prison
and
Probation
Service
responses
and
victims.
It
makes
49
recommendations
for
action
to
take
criminal
justice
into
the
new
Millennium.
Topical
and
impressively
compiled.
Available
from
NACRO,
169
Clapham
Road,
London
SW9
OPU,
Tel.
0171 582
6500,
£1
including
p&p.
~,=~m.
The
ACOP
Enforcement Audit -
Stage
I
provides
evidence
of
&dquo;some
good
work&dquo;
but
also
concern
at
variable
and
poor
practice
&dquo;particularly
in
relation
to
the
way
unacceptable
absences
are
dealt
with&dquo;.
The
results
deserve
a
careful
and
critical
appraisal.
By
Carol
Hedderman
and
available
from
the
Criminal
Policy
Research
Unit,
South
Bank
University.
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Confirming
many
of
the
findings
of
the
Confirming
many
of
the
findings
of
the
recent
Prison
Inspectorate
report
into
prison
suicides,
Desperate
Measures:
Prison
Suicides
and
their
Prevention
,
argues
that
the
rise
in
suicide
rates
~
will
only
be
reversed
by
a
reduction
in
the
unnecessary
use
of
custody.
It
covers
&dquo;
research
on
the
profile
of
prisoners
who
commit
suicide,
aspects
of
prison
life
which
increase
suicidal
feelings,
strip
cells,
risk
assessment
and
management.
Available
from
the
Howard
League,
708
Holloway
Road,
London
N19
3NL,
£10.
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The
full
text
of
the
1999
Prison
Reform
Trust
Annual
Lecture,
Principles for
Practical
Drugs
Policies:
The
Case
for
a
Slow
Fix,
is
now
available.
Professor
Mark
Kleiman,
formerly
’Deputy
Director
for
Drug
Control
Programs’
in
the
U.S.
Department
of
Justice
warns
against
following
American
policies,
which
are
&dquo;largely
misconceived,
doing
much
more
harm
than
they
should
and
much
less
good
than
they
might&dquo;.
A
transcript
of
the
question
and
answer
session
is
also
included.
Available
from
the
PRT,
15
Northburgh
Street,
London
ECIV
OJR,
£5.95.
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What
the
Probation
Officer
~pects from
the
Psychiatrist
provides
a
clear
and
helpful
summary
of
the
major
issues
and
tensions
involved
in
this
area
of
work.
Written
by
John
Harding
and
Angus
Cameron
and
published
in
’Advances
in
Psychiatric
Treatment’
(1999),
Vol.
5,
pp.463-470.
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