Publisher's Synopsis
From before sentence until after release on licence, prisoners serving life sentences (5% of the prison population) present practitioners with some of their most difficult problems. Issues of risk assessment and public apprehension combine with a mass of bureaucracy and Home Office circulars to cause practitioners continuous anxiety.;Offering information and advice to probation officers addressing lifers' concerns, this book is also intended for solicitors, prison staff, social workers, and lifers themselves.
