Multi-agency working continues to be a core focus in criminal justice and allied work, with the government investing significantly in training criminal justice professionals. This fully revised and expanded edition of this comprehensive text brings together probation, policing, prison, social work, criminological and organisational studies perspectives, and is an essential guide for students and practitioners in offender management and other managed care environments. The contributors provide critical analysis of the latest theory, policy and practice of multi-agency working and each chapter includes case studies, key points, exercises and further reading.
Introduction ~ Aaron Pycroft and Dennis Gough
Multi-agency working and the governance of crime control ~ Dennis Gough
From a trained incapacity to professional resistance in criminal justice ~ Aaron Pycroft
A time of change: the expanding role of Police and Crime Commissioners in local criminal justice delivery ~ Barry Loveday and Sue Roberts
Integrated offender management: a brave new world or business as usual? ~ Andy Williams
MAPPA: sex offenders and managing 'the other' in the community ~ Mike Nash
Protection and prevention: identifying, managing and monitoring priority perpetrators of domestic abuse ~ Jacki Tapley and Zoë Jackson
Policing a diverse society: the community based rationale for multi-agency working ~ Claudia Cox
The development of the police role in safeguarding children ~ John Fox
Hate crime, policing and multi-agency partnership working ~ Jemma Tyson and Nathan Hall
The complexity of partnerships in the UK Counter Terrorism Strategy. What might we learn from contemporary efforts to counter hate crime? ~ John Grieve
Interviewing children as suspects: the need for a child-centred approach ~ Lesley Laver
Culture Club Assemble! The powerful role of multi-agent relationships in prison habilitation ~ Sarah Lewis
Integrated secure care pathways for people with complex needs: service user, policy and practice perspectives ~ Graham Noyce
Removing the 'dual' and working with the presenting diagnosis: core processes of change ~ Anita Green and Aaron Pycroft
Offenders with mental health needs in the criminal justice system: the multi-agency challenge to provide solution-focused responses ~ Jane Winstone
Enforcement and rehabilitation: challenges to partnership working with substance using offenders ~ Marie-Edith Tiquet
The decline of youth offending teams: towards a progressive and positive youth justice ~ Nicholas Pamment
