Care or Crime

here is a splendid account of the problems facing the Probation and After-Care Service and the voluntary societies who are committed to the care of offenders in the community. It has always been perhaps the hardest job of all to persuade offenders to seek help, they see after-care societies as people who give hand outs, ongoing case-work is not for them. The author of this booklet pinpoints the real difficulty?the cynicism and distrust of the offender and his inability to see himself as needing assistance.