Reviews : Community Service Orders: A First Decade of Promise KEN PEASE Howard League for Penal Reform, 1981 ; £1.75; pb; pp 76
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| Author | Paul Thorpe |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058202900324 |
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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explained,
not
glossed
over,
in
simple
and
effective
terms;
the
causes,
motives
and
attitudes
which
produce
unemploy-
ment,
and
the
authors’
answers
to
them.
Prophetically
relevant,
this
book
shows
how
different
Governments
have
per-
petuated
unemployment;
it
is
also
a
vivid
reminder
of
how
we
have
already
for-
gotten
the
struggles
of
the
mid
70’s in
the
rhetoric
of
the
80’s.
The
greatest
difficulty
for
the
unemployed
then
was,
it
seems,
convincing
unionised
colleagues
in
work;
there
is
a
powerful
message
for
our
own
profession
there.
Lavishly
illustrated
with
expensive
photographs
from
the
30’s
onwards,
which
are
alone
worth
more
than
£2.00.
PETER
SIMPSON
Day
Training
Centre,
Liverpool
Violence
in
the
Family
HMSO
1981;
£3.75;
pb;
pp
70
The
format
is
that
ot
an
introduction
by
David
Colvin,
followed
by
five
papers
by
different
contributors
where
a
wide
range
of
theoretical
stances
are
consid-
ered.
Overall,
it
is
a
useful
short
collec-
tion
of
papers,
of
help
I
feel
to
the
busy
field
worker,
not
because
the
book
con-
tains
new
insight,
but
for the
theoretical
width,
combined
with
the
implications
for
practice.
Several
of
the
papers
con-
tain
bibliographies
which
are
also
of
h,-I,,
help.
VERONICA
SHERLOCK
Toxteth,
Liverpool
Community
Service Orders:
A
First
Decade
of
Promise
KEN
PEASE
Howard
League
for
Penal
Reform,
1981 ;
£1.75;
pb;
pp
76
This
booklet
consists
of
a
review
of
community
service
undertaken
by
Ken
Pease
on
behalf
of
the
Howard
League.
The
book
contains
strong
criticism
of
certain
practices,
warns
of
pitfalls
in
the
future
and
makes
suggestions
for
improvement
in
quality.
Research
facts
and
figures
are
presented
clearly
in
tabular
form
and
the
book
is
well
referenced.
This
book
by
a
knowledgeable
out-
sider
is
well
worth
reading
because
it
is
not
all
complimentary.
It
raises
many
uncomfortable
issues
which
are
not
widely
discussed.
For
example,
failures
of
the
scheme
rather
than
the
offender,
and
the
large
inequities
which
exist
within
and
between
schemes.
I
would
also
recommend
the
book
to
magistrates
and
solicitors.
PAUL
THORPE
Probation
Office,
Scunthorpe
Who
Uses
Social
Inquiry
Reports?
A
study
of
the
use
of
social
inquiry
reports
outside
the
Courts
and
their
influence
upon
decisions
ROGER
SHAW
Institute
of
Criminology
Occasional
Papers
No
7,
Cambridge,
1982;
£2.50;
pp
61
Roger
Shaw’s
sober
and
painstaking
biography
of
the
life,
times
and
use
of
social
inquiry
reports
provides
the
infor-
mation
for
what
should
be
some
hard
thinking
within
the
Probation
Service.
The
main
focus
is
on
the
use
of
reports
within
prisons,
in
particular
at
the
different
stages
of
the
parole
process.
The
ubiquitous
photostat
machine
is
pin-
pointed
as
the
principle
enemy
of
con-
fidentialitv.
ROB
VOAKES
Bradford
Making
Good:
Prisons,
Punishment
&
Beyond
MARTIN
WRIGHT
Burnett
Books,
1982;
£5.95;
pb;
pp
316
Save
in
a
few
exceptional
cases
prison
fails
both
the
community
and
the
offender;
prison
neither
deters
nor
does
it
rehabilitate.
Reform
is
long
overdue,
and
Martin
Wright’s
use
of
up-to-date
facts
and
comparative
studies
shows
that
a
lot
could
be
done
fairly
quickly,
but
his
critique
goes
beyond
penal
practice
to
offer
more
radical
proposals
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