Residential Work with Offenders

Emma Wincup, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK

• Introduction; A century of residential work with offenders; Rhetoric and reality: working within the framework of ’national standards’; Falling in at the deep end: becoming a hostel worker; Vulnerable workers: managing risk and danger; Unrelenting stress? surviving residential work; Residential work with female offenders; Evaluating residential work with offenders; Concluding comments; Appendices; References.

’The strength of Wincup’s exploratory research lies in its qualitative focus producing a wealth of practitioner accounts. While small-scale, she has nevertheless drawn together a clear and familiar picture of the dilemmas faced by hostel staff...The end result is a book that captures the unique richness and dynamic nature of hostel work.’ Probation Journal