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OFFENDER SUPERVISION: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEORY9 RESEARCH AND PRACTICE McNeill, F., Raynor, P. & Trotter, C. (eds.) (2010). Collumpton: Willan. pp.584 (pbk) £29.95 ISBN 978-1843929352
This edited collection is a series of papers produced by a group of academics with an interest in the concept and practice of offender supervision. The book is edited by Fergus McNeill, Peter Raynor and Chris Trotter and, in their introduction, they chart the development of the international network of researchers and academics who have collaborated, encouraged each other's thinking and worked together to produce the book.
This is a substantial book and its 26 chapters offer a variety of perspectives on the business of offender supervision. Part One provides theoretical underpinning for the subsequent debate. Bontà and Andrews outline the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model, Ward sets out the Good Lives Model, and Maruna and LeBeI write about the importance of desistance in correctional practice. These chapters provide useful, accessible and, at least for a while, current accounts of the concepts and ideas that are shaping thinking about rehabilitation and offender supervision.
The book draws on a number of research studies and projects to make its case. Part Two includes a chapter by Raynor, Ugwudike and Vanstone, reporting on their study of the practice skills (including communication, use of authority, pro-social modelling, problemsolving and...