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Analítico de Periódico
IMPROVING PRE-RELEASE WORK WITH LIFERS: LESSONS FROM PRES
Improving pre-release work with lifers : lessons from PRES
Probation Journal, London, V.43,n.4(Dec. 1996), p.187-193
FASE PRÉ-LIBERTAÇÃO, PROBATION OFFICER
Drawing on three years experience as seconded prison probation officer with responsibility for lifers, including those in a Pre-Release Employment Scheme (PRES) hostel, Susan Barter, now Lectured in Social Work at the University of Bath, identifies the unexpectedly high level of change and uncertainty in the final phase of long-term imprisonment. Wide variations in the quality of community-based practice and management suggest the importance of vigilance, effective co-working and anti-discriminatory practice. Though the PRES scheme is to end, it offers valuable lessons in counteraction complacency and carelessness.