Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to explore the application of complexity theory to difficult practice issues in criminal justice and social work and brings together experts in this emerging field to address complexity theory from a range of perspectives, providing a detailed but accessible discussion of the key issues to whole systems approaches.
Trade Review“This book provides persuasive arguments for breaking away from the Newtonian paradigm of a linear, controllable world and working with the complexity of social systems” Professor Eileen Munro, London School of Economics
"A challenging, insightful and engaging text that goes a long way in convincing readers of the value of applying complexity theory to criminal justice and social work" The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Aaron Pycroft and Clemens Bartollas; Complexity Theory: An over view ~ Aaron Pycroft; Risk, Attractors and Organisational Behaviour ~ Paul Jennings; Why Do People Commit Crime? An Integrated Systems Perspective ~ Matthew Robinson; Complexity and the Emergence of Grassroots Social Work and Criminal Justice Programmes ~ Michael Wolf Branigin; Child Protection Practice and Complexity ~ Peter Hassett and Irene Stevens; Youth justice: From linear risk paradigm to complexity ~ Stephen Case and Kevin Haines; The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: A case study in policing and complexity ~ John Grieve; Intersecting Contexts of Oppression within Complex Public System ~ Charmaine McPherson and Elizabeth McGibbon; Complexity Theory, Trans-disciplinary Working and Reflective Practice ~ Fiona McDermott; Probation Practice and Creativity in England and Wales: A Complex Systems Analysis ~ Aaron Pycroft; Responding to Domestic Abuse: Multi Agented Systems, Probation Programmes and Emergent Outcomes ~ Sarah Lewis; Complexity, Law and Ethics ~ Bruce Arrigo and Christopher Williams; Constituting the System: Radical Developments in Post Positivist Society ~ Clemens Bartollas; Conclusion ~ Clemens Bartollas and Aaron Pycroft.
