Because alcohol is so heavily implicated in offending, much probation time is spent seeking to reduce clients' use of, need for or dependence on drink, but often with disheartening lack of effect. Bob Remington and Cindy Barron of the Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, describe a coherent framework for working with problem drinkers, currently being offered to colleagues in Hampshire Probation Service.
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