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Case management and Think First completion
“The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Probation Journal, Vol 53 Issue 3, 2006, Copyright The Trade Union and Professional Association for Family Court and Probation Staff, by SAGE Publications Ltd at: http://prb.sagepub.com/ " DOI: 10.1177/0264550506066771This article considers the findings of a small-scale study of the practice of case managers supervising offenders required to attend the Think First Group. It explores the interface between one-to-one and group-based work within multi-modal programmes of supervision and seeks to identify those practices that support individuals in completing a group.Peer reviewe
Understanding Gender Inequality in Poverty and Social Exclusion through a Psychological Lens:Scarcities, Stereotypes and Suggestions
Detecting milk proteins in ancient pots
[First paragraph] Deciding whether to farm cattle for
milk or beef was just as complex in
the past as it is today. Compared with
meat production, dairying is a high-input,
high-output, high-risk operation indicative
of an intensive, sophisticated economy, but
this practice is notoriously difficult to
demonstrate in the archaeological record.
Here we provide evidence for the presence
of milk proteins preserved in prehistoric
vessels, which to our knowledge have not
been detected before. This finding resolves
the controversy that has surrounded dairying
on the Scottish Atlantic coast during
the Iron Age and indicates that farming
by the early inhabitants of this harsh, marginal
environment was surprisingly well
developed