Andy Gill and Trevor Marshall of Hereford and Worcester Probation Service explore the complex nature of racist offending and suggest a model for systematic, anti- oppressive challenge in probation practice.
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When referring to racism we are using Dominelli's definition, as in Anti-Racist Social Work (1988).
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By black people we mean 'a description of any person whose skin colour renders them liable to the application of racism irrespective of origin or length of stay'. (LondonBorough of Lambeth)
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Probation Journal, September 1991.
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Home Office, The Response to Racial Attacks and Harassment para 9, 1989.