Working With the Ex-Offender’s Family in an Asian Context—Part I The “Impossible” Task of Engaging the Family
Author: Timothy Sim, Ph.D..
Source: Volume 20, Number 02, Winter 2011 , pp.7-10(4)
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Abstract:
Working with the family members of ex-offenders is a daunting and newly developing aspect of offender rehabilitation in Singapore. A practice research project carried out by three social work practitioners and two academics over a period of 22 months explored the pertinent issues and challenges in working with family members of ex-offenders. This two-part paper documents the process and lessons learned in working with the ex-offenders and their families from engagement to termination. The first part of this paper introduces the project and focuses on the issues pertinent to engaging ex-offenders and their family members.Keywords:
Affiliations:
1: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Social Sciences.