1 The rise and fall of welfare and treatment 1
2 The rise and fall of delinquency management 17
3 The rise of vindictiveness 40
4 The professional response 1: the era of optimism 60
5 The professional response 2: the era of pessimism 83
6 The politics of reform 98
7 The Brixton Triangle 121
8 Thinking about theory 135
9 Thinking about change 151
References 171
Index 177