The Addicted Offender

Download or read book The Addicted Offender written by J. Rumgay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-10-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The probation service's venture into financial partnerships with non-statutory agencies during the 1990s was viewed both as a development opportunity for improving services, and as a threat to professional identity and job security. Judith Rumgay studies partnership development with particular focus on programmes for substance misusing offenders. She explores tensions between probation and voluntary organizations, identifies features common to successful partnerships, and compares partnership arrangements with in-house specialist projects. She argues that the partnership enterprise touches the heart of the probation service's mission in local communities.