The ‘New Careers’ Experiment in Rehabilitating Offenders: Last Messages from a Fading Star

SUMMARY This paper traces the history, and assesses the impact, of an innovatory project in which current and ex-offenders were provided with the opportunity to gain practical social work experience and training for long-term rehabilitative purposes. Based on earlier American schemes in which member...

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Published in:The British journal of social work 1994-08, Vol.24 (4), p.449-460
Main Author: CADDICK, BRIAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Communities
Criminal justice
Criminal probation
Criminals
Education
Employment
England
Evaluation
Government services
Hostels
Offenders
Probation system
Professional Training
Projects
Rehabilitation
Social Work
Social Work Education
Training
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Summary:SUMMARY This paper traces the history, and assesses the impact, of an innovatory project in which current and ex-offenders were provided with the opportunity to gain practical social work experience and training for long-term rehabilitative purposes. Based on earlier American schemes in which members of disadvantaged or discriminated against groups received training and support for non-professional careers in human services agencies, the project can claim a measure of success. But the evidence also suggests that a demonstrated potential for individual change is not always matched by agency interests and ideologies. The findings are considered in relation to the philosophy and provisions associated with the 1991 Criminal Justice Act.
ISSN:0045-3102
1468-263X
1468-263X
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a056086