Reviews : Dobroyed LESLIE WILSON Commonword Worship, 1980; £1.20; pb; pp 142
| Author | Eve Goldsmith |
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455058202900316 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Tne conclusion is reached that social
through some familiar criminological and
and probation services should focus the
deviancy studies, but their particular
greatest part of their attention on those
interest is the social organisation of
young people who are at serious risk of
deviancy -
what are the different types
being removed from their homes and
of groups formed by deviants and what
communities. IT must move from the
is the organisational back up required by
periphery to become a central part of
different forms of deviant behaviour?
agency work. Therein may lie some
The book is principally an act of
chance of diverting the appalling flow
classification, and given the rather
into youth custody, and of giving back
obvious nature of many of the proposi-
to the community some responsibility for
tions which emerge, one at times doubts
troublesome and disadvantaged young-
the value of the exercise. Nevertheless,
sters.
there is something in it for practitioners.
NIGEL STONE
It reminds us that by asking about the
University of East Anglia, Norwich
nature of the criminal act (how many
were involved, who played what part,
etc) we can learn more about the
significance of the act for the offender
and the likely pattern of future offend-
Dobroyed
ing, than from a battery of questions
LESLIE WILSON
about the offender’s previous life history.
Commonword Worship, 1980; £1.20; pb;
ROBIN PARKER
Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Hatfield
pp 142
Polytechnic
Leslie Wilson has struggled over many
years to express his experiences and
feelings in an approved school ’Dob-
royed’. I would recommend anyone to
Life After School, A Social Skills
persevere and read this book.
Curriculum
The author has a poignant way of
PHILIP PRIESTLEY AND JAMES MCGUIRE
expressing himself which does not
Pergamon Press, 1981; £5.00; pb (also
detract at all from his account. How-
hb); pp 230
ever, I believe that more respect would
have been given to his integrity if he had
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