Risk and Rehabilitation

Aaron Pycroft is Senior Lecturer in Addiction Studies in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth where he writes, teaches and researches on theory, policy and interventions with substance misuse.Suzie Clift is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Greenwich where she teaches and researches on the theory and practice of risk with particular emphasis on notions of dangerousness within criminal justice.

"Edited by Aaron Pycroft and Suzie Clift, Risk and Rehabilitation, focuses on risk and rehabilitation with reference to substance abuse and mental health problems. The chapters in this volume are of a high quality and examine the nature of risk and rehabilitation, especially the ways in which the risk paradigm has distorted both rehabilitative ideas as well as the practice of working with people who have multiple and complex needs. The final chapter in this book, "Relationship and Rehabilitation in a post 'what works' era," is a particularly important contribution to the literature." Clemens Bartollas, Professor of Criminology, University of Northern Iowa "A topical, insightful collection, drawing useful insights from both research and practice, on contemporary developments in working with offenders who are highly stigmatised and face substantial barriers in seeking desistance and reintegration." Professor Alex Stevens, University of Kent

• Introduction ~ Aaron Pycroft and Suzie Clift;The Numbers Game : A Systems Perspective on Risk ~ Paul Jennings and Aaron Pycroft; Risk, Assessment and the Practice of Actuarial Justice ~ Suzie Clift;The Mental Health Act and Dual Diagnosis: Public Protection and Legal Dilemmas in Practice ~ Graham Noyce; Risk and Rehabilitation: A Fusion of Concepts? ~ Dennis Gough; Seeking Out Rehabilitation within the Drug Rehabilitation Requirement ~ Bernie Heath; The Mental Health Treatment Requirement: The Promise and the Practice ~ Francis Pakes and Jane Winstone; The Alcohol Treatment Requirement: Drunk but Compliant ~ Aaron Pycroft; Community Orders and the Mental Health Court Pilot: A service user perspective of what constitutes a quality and effective intervention ~ Jane Winstone and Francis Pakes; Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Drugs Courts and Mental Health Courts: The U.S Experience ~ Katherine van Wormer and Saundra Starks; Relationship and Rehabilitation in a Post What Works Era ~ Aaron Pycroft.