Waltham Forest (NE London) Through-Care Unit (1975-1978)
| Author | Ron Colley,Colin Hawkes |
| Published date | 01 September 1978 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057802500305 |
| Date | 01 September 1978 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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group,
in
such
a
way
that
they
can
return
without
loss
of
face
if
they
feel
under
further
pressure.
We
feel
that
the
group
has
become
well
estab-
lished
during
its
first
year
of
existence
and
we
will
develop
it
further
in
the
future,
perhaps
by
offering
an
after-care
link
for
men
newly
released
from
prison.
1
"Mandatory
Group
Therapy
for
Exhibitionists"—James
L.
Mathis
MD
and
M.
Collins,
MD.
Amer
Journal
Psychiatry
Feb,
1970.
(Christine
lveaver
and
Charles
Fox
are
probation
officers
in
Bristol,
Avon.
Charles
Fox
now
has
a
Fellowship
in
order to
stcrdy
methods
of
treating
sexual
offenders
in
the
community.
He
would
appreciate
any
information
or
views,
to
he.sent
to
him
at
24
High
Street,
Staple
Hill,
Bristol,
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Waltham
Forest
(NE
London)
Through-Care
Unit
(1975-1978)
RON
COLLEY
and
COLIN
HAWKES
THE
Waltham
Forest
Borstal
Through-Care
Unit,
the
first
of
its
kind,
came
into
existence
in
March,
1975.
The
Unit
was
to
be
housed
in
a
turn-of-the-century
terraced
house
in
the
centre
of
Waltham
Forest,
the
area
which
it
was
designed
to
serve,
and
staffed
by
two
probation
offices
and
a
secretary.
The
contrast
between
using
existing
probation
offices
and
subsequently
our
own
particular
premises,
highlighted
the
negative
factors
inherent
in
probation
offices
being
adjacent
to
courts
and
police.
The
experience
also
underlined
the
fact
that
having
their
own
premises
made
a
world
of.
difference
to
borstal licensees
who
were
often
loath
to
attend
the
rather
clinical,
professional
atmosphere
of
purpose-built
probation
offices
but
who
had
no
such
feelings
about
the
more
informal
premises
which
were
later
to
become
the
Borstal
Unit.
We
both
felt
very
strongly
that
what
was
lacking
was
an
effective
and
realistic
relationship
between
the
probation
officer
and
the
borstal
boy.
There
existed
a
very
deep
degree
of
mutual
misunderstanding
and
on
the
part
of
the
borstal
boy,
a
general
distrust
of
the
motives
and
powers
of
the
Probation
Service.
By
the
time
an
individual
has
been
sentenced
to
borstal
training,
it
is
fair
to
say
that
he
has
become
something
of
a
veteran
in
terms
of
contact
with
the
social
work
agencies
and
is
pretty
cynical
of
their
intentions
towards
him.
He
sees
the
Probation
Service
or
social
worker
as
having
played
a
significant
part
in
getting
him
locked
away
for
wheat,
to
an
adult,
would
amount
to
a
sentence
of
between
nine
months
and
two
and
a
half
years.
The
antagonistic
feelings
which
this
arouses
are
heightened
rather
than
lessened
by
the
lack
of
contact
which
subse-
quently
takes
place
during
sentence.
As
a
result,
by
the
time
the
trainee
is
released
from
borstal
it
has
become
immensely
difficulty
for
him
to
feel
sufficient
trust
to
enter
into
the
sort
of
casework-orientated
relationship
which
most.probation
officers
expect
their
client
to
co-operate
in.
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