The anatomy of serious further offending

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"The commission of further serious offences by those released early from custody or under other forms of community supervision is the subject of intense media scrutiny. This text examines the subject of further serious offending through the medium of major inquiries, inspections, and reports. It explores the extent to which recommendations are implemented and their impact on the development of public protection policy. The authors review the major inquiries relating to further serious offending and highlight the commonalities that emerge from these reports; such as the nature of the offence and the type of response, as well as organizational and individual failures." "By identifying similarities and themes across a range of agencies, the nature of organizational and personal failure and blame is explored. Whilst most responses to further serious offending and organizationally based, they rarely refer to personal failings on the part of agency workers. This title examines those failings within their organizational and policy context; whilst outlining the constitution and culture of inquiries and the development of the multi-agency approach. The authors argue that the public protection edifice is built upon perceptions of danger which rarely reflect the true nature of dangerous behaviour, and argue that many unpublished inquiries refer to incidents that do not meet the stereotypical profile of a dangerous predator. In this review, the authors re-examine the construction of dangerousness in the light of inquiry findings and recommendations."--BOOK JACKET.