NCJ Number
231668
Editor(s)
Philip Priestley,
Maurice Vanstone
Date Published
2010
Length
345 pages
Annotation
This book is a collection of papers that provide a broad background to the "what works" debate regarding rehabilitation as an effective response to crime.
Abstract
The book is intended for use by students, practitioners, and policymakers within the field of criminal justice with the aim of stimulating and furnishing a debate about the use of rehabilitation in the Anglo-American criminal justice system. The writings in the book are divided into three time periods: Part One: The historical roots and early forms of rehabilitation is a historical overview of classical criminology and the competing philosophies of punishment and rehabilitation; Part Two: Modern Trends and forms deals with developments during the later parts of the 20th century which saw an expansion of the punitive side of criminal justice and the near demise of probation as a rehabilitative service; and Part Three: The future - can rehabilitation be rehabilitated? This part focuses on the revival of rehabilitation as an effective response to crime. Index