You are here: Library > Print libarary "I have received the Youth Justice magazine you sent. I would like to thank you for taking the time to provide this exceptional level of service. I'm very grateful" LB, Backstop registered practitioner, December 2006  Our practice library of real, not virtual books is open to all Backstop registered practitioners to borrow from. All Backstop registered practitioners start out with one complimentary printed volume issued as standard - The crime and disorder act 1998 – personal guide. This is given free to all as part of our registration process. If you're a criminal justice practitioner and not already registered with Backstop access to printed materials is another reason to consider submitting your details to us  - who knows, we could also end up helping you progress to your next permanent or temporary position Print library volumes available TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER DATE/S DESCRIPTION The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume 41 no. 1-5 Volume 42 no. 1-5 Volume 43 no. 1-5 Blackwell publishing Feb 2002 - Dec 2002 Feb 2003 - Dec 2003 Feb 2004 - Dec 2004 JOURNAL: Concerned with all major aspects of criminal justice process, penal policy and crime prevention, in Britain and overseas. Contributions from academics and researchers, practitioners, policy makers and those with relevant voluntary experience. Youth Justice; The Journal of the National Association for Youth Justice Volume 2 no. 1-3 Volume 3 no. 1-3 Volume 4 no. 1-3 Volume 5 no. 1 Russell House publishing June 2002 - Feb 2003 June 2003 - Feb 2004 June 2004 - Feb 2005 June 2005 - JOURNAL: which facilitates the sharing of good practice and provides a forum for debate and critical reflection in relation to theory, law, policy and practice. Probation Journal: The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice Volume 48 no. 3-4 Volume 49 no. 1-4 Volume 50 no. 1, 3-4 SAGE publishing Sept - Dec 2001 Mar 2002 - Dec 2002 Mar 2003, Sept - Dec 2003 JOURNAL: provides a national and international forum for sharing good practice, disseminating criminal justice research and developing debate about the theory and practice of work with offenders. Youth Justice Board Key Elements of Effective Practice Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (1) Young People Who Sexually Abuse (3) Substance Misuse (2) Assessment, Planning Interventions and Supervision (2) Education, Training and Employment (2) Mentoring (2) Restorative Justice (1) Remand Management (2) Final Warning Interventions (1) Parenting (2) Offending Behaviour Programmes (2) Swift Administration of Justice (2) Youth Justice Board November 2003 GUIDES: describe the features of effective services and support the identification of staff learning and development needs. Mapped to the Youth Justice National Occupational Standards to support the development of accredited learning programmes. TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER DATE/S DESCRIPTION Youth Justice Board Guide to the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme 4 copies Youth Justice Board 2004 GUIDE: to ISSP, and project evaluation statitstics. Nacro Pre sentence report Good Practice Guide Nacro Youth Crime Section August 2000 GUIDE: To good practice for authors of pre sentence reports for young people. Careers in Social Work Crown Copyright Unknown GUIDE: To working in the social work field Working in Social Care Crown Copyright Jan 2003 GUIDE: To working in the social work field National Standards for the Supervision of Offenders in the Community Home Office Probation Service Division March 1995 LEGISLATIVE GUIDE: for practitioners working with offenders in the community. The Sentence of the Court HMSO Publications 1991 HANDBOOK: for courts on the treatment of offenders Youth Justice Board Project Summaries Referral Orders (5) Positive Parenting (2) Young People and Street Crime (1) Asset (2) Restorative Justice projects (1) Education, Training and Employment (1) Substance Misuse and Juvenile Secure Estate (1) Cognitive Behaviour Projects (1) Youth Justice Board 2004 REPORT: Summary of the national evaluation of Youth Justice Board's projects. TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER DATE/S DESCRIPTION The Introduction of Referral Orders into the Youth Justice System: Final Report Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate March 2002 REPORT: Discusses the 18 month evaluation conducted in 11 pilot areas in England and Wales between March 2000 and August 2001. On the Case: Survey of 1,000 Children and Young People under YOT supervision (Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire) Youth Justice Trust Unknown REPORT: on a representative sample of YOTs in Greater Manchester and the young offenders they work with and survey on YOT practitioner's experience and how crime in best prevented. Compass 2003: The complete guide to careers in social work and social care Compass Career Opportunities Limited October 2002 GUIDE: to starting or changing career in social work in the UK Making Positive Choices: Career Development for Women in Social Care National Institute for Social Work 1994 GUIDE: developed to assist women and organisations in the personal social services with advice and information about women's development in work. Social Services Law; the case for reformSocial Services Policy Forum Paper no. 4 National Institute for Social Work May 1996 JOURNAL: aiming to highlight current trends in the personal social services, to analyse emerging policy issues and to bring these to the attention of policy makers, practitioners, service users and the general public. Getting What You Want: A short guide to career development for senior women managers National Institute for Social Work 1996 GUIDE: to a series of issues outlines by senior women. Can be used as a reference or text. Simple Task Centred Exercises as an aid to social work training National Institute for Social Work 1977 HANDBOOK: for use by social work trainers. Promoting Independence; Yvonne Nolan Heinemann Publishing 2003 HANDBOOK: for NVQ Level 3 qualification matching the NVQ specification mandatory and optional units. Includes practical exercises and activities. Criminological Perspectives: A Reader John Muncie, Eugene McLaughlin and Mary Langan SAGE publications 1996 BOOK: comprehensive collection of original readings designed to reflect and represent the numerous and diverse lines of theoretical enquiry that constitute criminology. An Introduction to Counselling John McLeod Open University Press Third edition 2003 BOOK: comprehensive introduction to theory and practice of counselling and therapy. Covers all core approaches to counselling and takes a critical questioning approach to issues of professional practice. TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER DATE/S DESCRIPTION The Social Work Interview; A guide for Human Service Professionals Alfred Kadushin Columbia University Press, New York 1990 BOOK: discussing common procedures and pitfalls of interview situations providing specific guidelines and a theoretical base and using case histories from actual practice. Feminist Thought: A comprehensive introduction Rosemarie TongRoutledge Press 1997 BOOK: coverage including increasingly important perspectives of the psychoanalytic, existential and post modern schools of feminism. Anti-Oppresive practice: Social Care and the Law Jane Dalrymple and Beverley Burke Open University Press 1996 BOOK: designed for practitioners and carers in social welfare services to help them make the links between the law and their work. Young Masculinities; Understanding Boys in Contemporary Society Stephen Frosh, Ann Phoenix and Rob Pattman Palgrave 2002 BOOK: Examines aspects of 'young masculinities' that have become central to contemporary social thought, paying attention to psychological issues as well as to social policy concerns. Introduction to Youth Justice: Incorporating Introduction to the Youth Court Ed. Bryan Gibson Waterside Press 2nd Ed 2000 BOOK: basis outline of the arrangements for youth justice in England and Wales, including the law, practice and sentencing powers of the youth court, produced under the auspices of the Justice' Clerks' Society. Ethics and Values in Social Work Sarah Banks Palgrave 2nd Ed. 2001 BOOK: takes account of the latest policy developments and changes in social work practice in the UK and other countries. Covers issues related to consumer rights, community care and anti-oppressive practice. The Equal Opportunities Handbook; How to deal with everyday issues of unfairness Phil Clements andTony Spinks Kogan Page 3rd Ed 2001 BOOK: sets out procedures relevant to all types of situation demonstrating how simple it is to behave with fairness and courtesy and sensitivity to all. Joined Up Youth Justice: Tackling Crime in Partnership Ros Burnett and Catherine Appleton Russell House Publishing 2004 BOOK: charts and analyses in depth the development of an exemplary youth offending team; its strategy, operational management, front-line practice and its partnership projects. The New Politics of Youth Crime; Discipline or solidarity John Pitts Russell House Publishing 2001 BOOK: offers an explication of the emergent history of political strategies to address youth crime. Black Looks: Race and Representation Bell Hooks South End Press, Boston 1992 BOOK: 12 essays into the personal and political consequences of contemporary representations of black women and men within a white supremacist culture. Social Work and Empowerment Robert Adams Macmillan Press 1996 BOOK: new experience, writing and research in the fields of user participation and self-help to illustrate the application of the paradigm of empowerment to many different practical aspects of social work. TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER DATE/S DESCRIPTION Making Sense of the Children Act Nick Allen Longman 2nd Ed. 1992 BOOK: designed to make the children Act accessible for social welfare staff. Panic Attacks Christine Ingham Thorsons 2000 BOOK: What panic attacks are, different causes, what to do, learn to avoid a recurrence, how to help others. Integrating Social Work Methods Specht and Vickery National Institute for Social Work 1979 BOOK: introduces the reader to the main developments in the conceptualisation of a unitary method. First substantial British text in the field. Oxford Compact English Dictionary Oxford University Press 1996 REFERENCE Disclosure Information Pack for registered bodies Criminal Records Bureau Unknown REFERENCE Pavilion Catalogue of resources/publications within social care Pavilion 2005 REFERENCE Notebook User's Manual Microsoft corporation 2001 REFERENCE Ethnic Britain: A directory of opportunity unknown 2003 REFERENCE; on employment, education, housing and sport Inkjet Facsimile User Guide Samsung electronics Unknown REFERENCE Making the most of your business Natwest University of Durham Unknown REFERENCE; highlights some of the common problems businesses have in the first few years. Discovering Microsoft Office XP Standard and Professional Michael J. Young and Michael Halvorson Version 2002 REFERENCE National Standards for Youth Justice Services Youth Justice Board 2004 REFERENCE Getting Started with Microsoft Works version 6 Microsoft 2001 REFERENCE Getting Started with Microsoft Works Suite 2001 Microsoft 2001 REFERENCE Napo Probation Directory Ed. Owen Wells Shaw and Sons 2000 REFERENCE; essential reference book for all those who work with offenders it lists every probation office and office in the UK, probation and welfare service of the Irish Republic, details of the National Probation Directorate, every penal establishment, every probation and bail hostel, all YOTs, prisons ombudsman, Nacro and SOVA projects etc. Napo Probation Directory Ed. Owen Wells Shaw and Sons 2002 REFERENCE Napo Probation Directory Ed. Owen Wells Shaw and Sons 2003 REFERENCE TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER DATE/S DESCRIPTION Seek.net The Offline Web Directory Central London 2001/02 REFERENCE Webfinder Thomson Directories 2004 REFERENCE Crime and Disorder Act 1998; Personal Guide Fergus Smith with Paul Carr 1999 REFERENCE Microsoft Office XP 8 in 1 Joe Habraken Que 2001 REFERENCE Magazines: community care       Magazines: RecruiterGuide to recruitment financeGuide to psychometrics and assessment Redactive Publication 23/6, 7/7, 21/7/04, 4/8, 22/9, 6/10, 20/10, 3/11, 17/11, 1/12, 12/1/05, 9/3 MAGAZINE Magazines: Health and social care       Magazines: misc       Home | Client helpdesk | Practitioner lounge | Library | Training services | Mission | Contact us | Feedback to Backstop | Sitemap | YOT training courses | Working with young men who sexually abuse | Race and diversity training | Temporary criminal justice workers | Search for YOT jobs | Permanent yot jobs