This book aims to make clear the interconnections between social policy and criminal justice practice, bringing together key social policy concepts within a framework for reducing reoffending rates.
The book focuses on the key social policy issues of employment, health and mental health, housing, family and low income and poverty. It shows how understanding and treating these as issues interconnected to criminal justice outcomes can and does lead to improvements in criminal justice practice.
This book enables students and criminal justice practitioners to understand how social policy concepts can better inform practice with those involved in the criminal justice system. It features:
• chapter aims;
• key learning boxes;
• questions to support independent learning;
• further reading;
• a glossary of terms.
By:
Clive Sealey (Social Policy and Theory University of Worcester)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781447324058
ISBN 10: 1447324056
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 12 September 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction Part I: Understanding the interconnection between social policy and criminal justice practice 2. What is social policy, and why is it relevant to you? 3. What is criminal justice practice, and what is the rationale for working to improve it? 4. What is the interconnection between social policy and criminal justice practice? Part II: The importance of social policies to criminal justice practice 5. Housing, criminal justice practice and social policy 6. Employment, criminal justice practice and social policy 7. Physical health/mental health, criminal justice practice and social policy 8. Substance abuse, criminal justice practice and social policy 9. Low income and poverty, criminal justice practice and social policy 10. Children and families, criminal justice practice and social policy 11. Ten ways in which a social policy focus can improve criminal justice practice
Clive Sealey is Senior Lecturer of Social Policy and Theory at the University of Worcester. He is also author of Social Policy Simplified: Connecting Social Policy to Real Life, and joint editor of Social Policy, Service Users and Carers: Lived Experiences and Perspectives.
