Constructive work with 'offenders': setting the scene / Kevin Gorman, Patrick O'Byrne and Nigel Parton -- Collaborative and constructive frontline practice with offenders in a climate of 'tough love' and 'third way' politics / Bill Jordan -- The offender as citizen: socially inclusive strategies for working with offenders within the community / Marilyn Gregory -- Constructing safety: a collaborative approach to managing risk and building responsibility / Michelle Hayles -- The constructive use of courtroom skills and enforcement to achieve client co-operation and change / Geoff Kenure -- Constructing a convincing narrative: the art of persuasive storytelling within the tight constraints of formal pre-sentence assessments for the criminal courts / Kevin Gorman -- Dangerous constructions: Black offenders in the criminal justice system / Lena Dominelli -- Constructive work with women offenders : a probation in prison perspective -- Sue Carless -- Constructive work with male sex offenders: male forms of life, language games and change / Malcolm Cowburn -- Dispensing with justice: young people's views of the criminal justice system / Monica Barry -- Offenders 'R' Us / Marilyn Gregory with Kevin Gorman, Michelle Hayles and Nigel Parton.