Part I Clinical perspectives, Andrew Horne et al. Part II Legal perspectives, John Harding et al. Part III Complementary perspectives: moral philosophy, Alan Thomas; theology, Alistair McFadyen; Shakespeare studies, John Wilks; classics, Douglas Cairns; sociology, Caroline Cox and Michael Borgeaud; anthropology, Nancy Scheper-Hughes; Kierkegaard, Alice Thielgaard and Bjarne Jacobsen.
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This is a book all magistrates, probation officers and QPMs should read. It consists of 15 short and mostly readable essays, looking at a little-considered aspect of human experience from medical, legal, sociological and philosophical points of view. The case studies quoted are very much to the point ... Two essays particularly impressed me. David Tidmarsh, now of the Parole Board, was formerly on the staff of Broadmoor Hospital. He draws attention to the lack of reference to remorse in the Board's remit, which is concerned only with risk ... John Harding of the Inner London Probation Service quotes examples, including two well-known ones from Barlinnie, where moral reformation has occurred.'