Reviews : Tolley's Social Security and State Benefits J. MATTHEWMAN AND N. A. D. LAMBERT Tolley's Publishing Co, 1982; £7.95; pb; pp 433
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455058202900330 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
for the criminal justice system founded
made m dealing with delinquents, based
on decriminalisation and reparation in
on interviews with social workers, who
place of custody. An interesting book
took the
decisions, illustrates social
well worth reading and certainly essential
workers’ typologies of cases in relation
for any probation library, but the final
to often painful decisions about (a)
chapters read less convincingly not
whether to remove delinquent children
because they lack logic or merit but
from their homes, and (b) the effect of
because they are unlikely to win political
the nature of their offences. The aspect
favour or appeal to the narrow and
of the book which stands out is the rela-
entrenched outlook of the nolicv maker.
tionship between social workers’ ideol-
DAVID REAICH
ogies and their practices. The authors
London
point to the way casework ideology is
recurrently discovered in social work
research; in practice it remains ill-
defined and is often ignored. They review
Pontefract Handicraft Club and
studies
on
communication problems
between clients and social workers and
Day Activity Group 1960-1975
note how clients tend to be reclassified as
ANNE ROWNTREE
these difficulties become apparent. Bridg-
West Yorkshire Probation and After-
ing residential and non-residential social
Care Service; £2.00; pb; pp 51
work, the author’s study of child care
legislation provides a stimulating review
A unique study of the genesis and
of the literature in addition to their
development of the Pontefract Day
own findings, and is therefore recom-
Activity Group written by the daughter
mended.
of its prime mover-Martin Rowntree.
PETER R. DAY
While providing an example of what can
Hull
be achieved by dedication, creativity and
personal commitment, it is also a useful
study of the contextualisation of such
projects...
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