§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many professional staff are engaged full-time in the research unit in his Department; and if he will list the publications of the unit during the last 12 months.
§ Dr. SummerskillThere are 51 professional full-time staff in the research unit.
426WThe following reports have been published during the last 12 months in the Home Office Research Studies series:
No. 21 "Social Work in the Environment" by Martin Davies. No. 22 "Social Work in Prison" by Margaret Shaw. No. 23 "Delinquency amongst Opiate Users" by Joy Mott and Marilyn Taylor. No. 24 "IMPACT" Volume 1. "The design of the probation experiment and an interim evaluation" by M. S. Folkard, A. J. Fowles, B. C. McWilliams, W. McWilliams, D. D. Smith, D. E. Smith and G. R. Walmsley. No. 25 "The Approved School Experience" by Anne B. Dunlop. No. 26 "Absconding from Open Prisons" by Charlotte Banks, Patricia Mayhew and Roger Sapsford. No. 27 "Driving while Disqualified" by Sue Kriefman. No. 28 "Some Male Offender's Problems" (i) Hornless Offenders in Liverpool by W. McWilliams. (ii) Casework with short term prisoners by Julie Holborn. No. 29 "Community Service Orders" by K. Pease, I. Earnshaw, D. Payne, and J. Thorpe. No. 30 "Field Wing Bail Hostel: the first nine months" by Frances Simon and Sheena Wilson. (It is expected that Nos. 28 and 30 will be published this month.)
In addition, a number of articles by staff of the unit have appeared in learned journals, etc.