Overall, this is an important book for scholars and policy makers of crimeprevention in Europe, especially those concerned with the transference, transforma-tion and implementation of prevention policies in differing political and culturalcontexts.

AMY E. NIVETTEPhD Candidate,Institute of Criminology,University of Cambridge.

Multi-Agency Working in Criminal Justice A. Pycroft and D. Gough (Eds.). Bristol: PolicyPress (2010) 272pp. d21.99pb ISBN 978-1-84742-453-2

This timely volume comprises a collection of chapters written by experiencedpractitioners and practitioner-researchers, all of whom have been involved in thedelivery of probation training at the University of Portsmouth since 2001. By means ofits 16 pithy and tightly-focused contributions, it presents an extremely useful overviewof multi-agency working in a range of criminal justice contexts and with a range ofservice user groups (including, among others, female, youth, ethnic minority, high-risk and drug misusing offenders). Clearly aimed at current and trainee criminaljustice practitioners, and with an explicit (but not exclusive) focus on the role of theprobation service, the volume is logically organised and the chapters within it areclearly structured and, appropriately, feature questions for critical reflection anddiscussion. The majority of contributions go well beyond the descriptive, balancingnicely attention to theoretical, policy and practice (including ethical) issues, andencouraging a critical, reflective approach. Although their conclusion to the bookcould have been more fully developed, introductory chapters by the editors usefullyset the specific developments examined by other contributors in historical context,examining the conditions of emergence of contemporary multi-agency arrangementsin the public sector and in corrections, and serving to remind us of the multiple forceswhich have coincided to render multi-agency working in criminal justice such acommonplace (albeit not unproblematic) reality in the 21st Century. As criminal justiceshows no signs of reversing its trend toward pluralism in the provision of care andcontrol, this volume clearly plugs a gap and will undoubtedly be a valuable resource,particularly for would-be practitioners set to enter an increasingly complex andcrowded field.

GWEN ROBINSONReader in Criminal Justice,School of Law,University of Sheffield.

Psychiatry in Prisons: A Comprehensive Handbook S. Wilson and I. Cumming (Eds.).London: Jessica Kingsley (2010) 318pp. d34.99hb ISBN 978-1-84310-223-6

Bringing together a number of practitioners and academics as authors, this handbookaddresses a wide variety of aspects of psychiatry in prisons. Some such aspects areexpected, including the history of prison psychiatry, delivery of psychiatric services inthe prison setting and the psychiatric needs of different groups while incarcerated,including, but not limited to, women, ethnic minorities, the young and the elderly.However, the handbook goes beyond these expected areas to cover a host of relatedissues. These issues include suicide and self-injury, substance abuse, consent to

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