Reviews : Contributions, comments and suggestions to Liz Bullingham, Probation Office, Frost House, Woodhouse Green, Thurcroft, Rotherham S66 9AH, Tel: (0709) 546444 Nothing Much Happened: Structured Interviewing With Sex Offenders P. GIBBS, H. ELDRIDGE, J. COWBURN. Video, Notts Probation Service, 1988, 32 mins, £30
| Author | S. Wallace,S. Heald,G.A. Lobban |
| Published date | 01 September 1988 |
| Date | 01 September 1988 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455058803500305 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
REVIEWS
• Contributions, comments and suggestions to
Liz Bullingham, Probation Office, Frost House,
Woodhouse Green, Thurcroft, Rotherham S66 9AH,
Tel: (0709) 546444
Nothing Much Happened:
was responsible for his behaviour. The tape then
Structured Interviewing With Sex
continues to examine general and specific op-
Offenders
tions out of offending.
The central theme of this tape is one of enabl-
P. GIBBS, H. ELDRIDGE, J. COWBURN.
ing the offender to take on responsibility for his
Video, Notts Probation Service, 1988, 32 mins,
behaviour and not continue to deny, rationalise
£30
or minimize. We
particularly appreciated that
How
often have we heard that working with
very little jargon was used and we found it easy
to follow, and to
sex offenders is notoriously difficult? This tape
apply when working with child
will
sex offenders.
more than enable practitioners to engage
the perpetrator in what the video refers to as
G.A. LOBBAN, S. HEALD, S. WALLACE
structured interviewing. It is absorbing and
Probation Officers, Liverpool Prison
instructive.
The teaching method is role play and it is a
Problems of Long Term
condensed version of structured interviews with
Imprisonment
a child sex offender although this approach can
be used for all
A. BOTTOMS
categories of
AND R. LIGHT
sex offenders. The
(EDs)
Îi~~rview
Gower, 1987; £25; hb;
concentrates
pp 336
.
on
what led up to the of-
fences, the specific offending behaviour, and
This volume consists of a number of presen-
_ its consequences not only for the offender but
tations at the 18th Cropwood Conference, Cam-
...
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