This is a welcome edition that sits alongside an existing canon of research, policy, and guidance manuals on therapeutic communities (TCs). The authors share their lived experience of working in TCs. The book is neither a ‘how-to’ nor a summary of research findings, it is a refreshing, well-structured text, designed to share wisdom derived from practice and provoke questions, personal reflections and improve policy and practice. The work is structured around 10 chapters with helpful introduction and scene-setting. The reader is signposted throughout to a range of indepth resources from textbooks to films and literature. The book targets the person who is open to learn and reflect and who in time will build their own personal resources and supports – each chapter concludes with summary and reflection points, written up in a structured and accessible way. Chapter 1 provides a clear introduction to the bedrock of all TCs; the community meeting. For seasoned professionals and those new to the field, we are reminded of the role and function of these for all staff and residents. Process, purpose, content, and form are explored alongside the prerequisite of getting to know residents and yourself. The community meeting is set alongside the staff meeting with gentle reminders to self about the range of viewpoints and standpoints that both silence and contribution add. Chapter 2 explores the four pillars of a TC; democratisation, tolerance, communality, and reality confrontation are considered in relation to both staff-to-resident and staff-tostaff dynamics including the wider relationship with the host regime. Chapter 3 is central to the text and to the reader’s ability to engage with and benefit from the purpose of this work. It focuses on a culture of enquiry and how The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice

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书评：信任与改变：治疗社区的思考点

这是一个受欢迎的版本，与治疗社区 (TC) 的现有研究、政策和指导手册并列。作者分享了他们在 TC 工作的生活经验。这本书既不是“操作方法”，也不是研究结果的总结，而是令人耳目一新、结构良好的文本，旨在分享从实践中获得的智慧并引发问题、个人反思并改进政策和实践。这部作品大约有 10 章，包含有用的介绍和场景设置。从教科书到电影和文学，读者都可以看到一系列深入的资源。这本书的目标读者是愿意学习和反思的人，他们会及时建立自己的个人资源和支持——每一章都以总结和反思点结束，以结构化和可访问的方式编写。第 1 章清楚地介绍了所有 TC 的基础；社区会议。对于经验丰富的专业人士和新进入该领域的人士，我们提醒他们所有员工和居民的角色和职能。探索过程、目的、内容和形式以及了解居民和您自己的先决条件。社区会议与员工会议同时举行，温和地提醒自己沉默和贡献所增加的观点和立场的范围。第 2 章探讨了 TC 的四大支柱；民主化、宽容、社区和现实对抗都被认为与员工对驻地和员工对员工的动态有关，包括与东道国政权的更广泛关系。第 3 章是本书的核心，也是读者参与本书目的并从中受益的能力。它侧重于探究文化以及社区和刑事司法杂志如何