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Probation orders with requirements for psychiatric treatment: report of a thematic inspection
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office. HM Inspectorate of Probation
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report examining the use of probation orders with requirements for psychiatric treatment. The aim of the inspection was to assess the effectiveness of these orders and identify where there was scope for improvement.
Passing the buck: institutional responses to controlling children with difficult behaviour
- Author:
- MALEK Mhemooda
- Publisher:
- Children's Society
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 103p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the cases of 154 young people under 18 who were admitted to and discharged from residential institutions via 4 agencies (probation, social services, education and psychiatry) in 1990. Examines the effect on the young people of their time in residential care.
The mentally disordered offender in an era of community care: new directions in provision; proceedings of the 20th Cropwood conference 10-12 January 1990
- Editors:
- WATSON William, GROUNDS Adrian
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 250p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Contains conference papers on: future patterns of psychiatric services; future directions for mental health law; mentally ill offenders in the era of community care; new directions for service provision; black and minority ethnic people, mental health and criminal justice; the view from the probation service; the view from the prison medical service; diversion and discontinuance; the private sector; case management; and the view from the Department of Health.
Practitioner social work research in action
- Editors:
- BROAD Bob, FLETCHER Colin
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 194p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains research findings, as well as accounts of the development and adaptation of relevant research methods. Chapters are grouped into 4 types of practitioner research: investigation; appraisal; innovation; and state of the art reviews. Includes papers on: placing people with learning difficulties in employment; emergency social service duty systems; women in social services management; perceptions of a children's observation and assessment centre; problem drinkers on probation; dealing with clients with mental health problems; assessment of user needs; applying life history work; recognising elder abuse; the tutorial system in social work education; the adoption of children with learning difficulties; and an agenda for practitioner research.