What Else Works?: Creative Work with Offenders Book

Figures and tables vii

Acknowledgements viii

Notes on contributors ix

Part 1

1 Introduction Francis Cowe Jo Brayford John Deering 3

2 Creative work: an historical perspective Maurice Vanstone 19

3 Travelling hopefully: desistance theory and probation practice Beth Weaver Fergus McNeill 36

4 Bringing sense and sensitivity to corrections: from programmes to ‘fix’ offenders to services to support desistance Frank J. Porporino 61

Part 2

Overview 87

5 Women offenders: more troubled than troublesome? Jenny Roberts 91

6 Residential work with adult offenders: greenhouses or warehouses? Francis Cowe Sally Cherry 117

7 Creative working with minority ethnic offenders Pauline Durrance Liz Dixon Hindpal Singh Bhui 138

8 Asset-based welfare and youth justice: making it local Mark Drakeford Lee Gregory 155

9 Dancing through gaps: a Welsh approach to personal support in custody for young people Jo Brayford Duncan Holtom 169

10 Contemporary sex offender treatment: incorporating circles of support and the good lives model Mark S. Carich Chris Wilson Peter A. Carich Martin C. Calder 188

11 Getting out: offenders in forestry and conservation work settings Claudia Carter Aaron Pycrofit 211

12 Putting the OM into NOMS: problems and possibilities for offender management Mike Maguire Peter Raynor 236

13 What else works-back to the future? Jo Brayford Francis Cowe John Deering 254

Index 269