David Thompson, Terry Thomas

The Resettlement of Sex Offenders After Custody

Circles of Support and Accountability

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Circles of Support and Accountability is a voluntary initiative that assists people with convictions for sexual offences to resettle in the community following periods of imprisonment. This book is based on original research and provides a close-up picture of how these Circles of Support and Accountability work in practice and the legal and policy context that surrounds them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781138898509
• ISBN-10: 1138898503
• Artikelnr.: 43677784

Autorenporträt

David Thompson is a lecturer of Criminology at the University of Sheffield. He recently completed his PhD thesis Moving on After Getting Out: Support and Accountability for Sex Offenders which also examined the role of Circles of Support and Accountability. Terry Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Leeds Beckett University. His most recent publications are Sex Crime: Sex Offending and Society (2016, Routledge) and The Policing of Sexual Offences and Sex Offenders (2016, Palgrave Macmillan).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Management and Supervision of Sex Offenders in the Community
3. Circles of Support and Accountability
4. From 'Containment' to the 'Good Life'
5. The Core Members
6. The Volunteers
7. The Professionals
8. Communication, Collaboration and Information Exchange
9. Conclusions