Description: This book looks at a wide range of issues and problems relating to the management of sexual offenders in prisons and their reintegration into the community. Issues involved in the setting up of programmes, the creation of the right environment, and the support and training of staff, are universally applicable.
Brief description: Alec Spencer is currently Governor of HM Prison Edinburgh and he is on the SPS Accreditation Panel. He is also a member of NOTA (UK) and ATSA (USA). He lectures at Edinburgh University, where he is a Research Asssociate of the Centre for Law and Society, and runs workshops and training events for those working with sex offenders in prisons.
Review Quotes: This is an important book...[it] correctly sticks to the actual structure of the sex offender programme in Edinburgh. It tackles some tricky issues, but, mercifully, in an indirect manner...I would commend it wholeheartedly as a serious work in an area that is poorly covered--Therapeutic Communities