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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor 3rd June, 1969. responsibility vs. the responsibility of the authorities, there is at least initially less openly Dear Editor, acknowledged need for help which would Mr. Hayes' paper, The Use of Authority, absorb some of the negative aspects of the relationship, and there is less opportunity for Part I, in the June issue of the Journal, puts termination of contact except in a way more the issue of authority in context. The time is or less disastrous for the client. In other words, long past when we assumed that authority in the correctional field there is generally likely implications were the sole preserve of the to be more anxiety concerning authority, either correctional field—an idea which tended to put expressed or unexpressed, in the helping correctional work outside the field of general relationship, both on the part of the worker social work practice and led to considerable and on the part of the client. soul-searching and defensiveness on the part of correctional workers. Mr. Hayes has cogently In these circumstances it is encumbent on argued the case, once again, for conceiving of correctional workers to take continual respon­ authority as an element in all professional sibility for coming to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

Letter to the Editor

Mccouat, M. R.
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 22 (3): 1 – Sep 1, 1969
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Letter to the Editor

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3rd June, 1969. responsibility vs. the responsibility of the authorities, there is at least initially less openly Dear Editor, acknowledged need for help which would Mr. Hayes' paper, The Use of Authority, absorb some of the negative aspects of the relationship, and there is less opportunity for Part I, in the June issue of the Journal, puts termination of contact except in a way more the issue of authority in context. The time is or less disastrous for the client. In other words, long...
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Abstract

3rd June, 1969. responsibility vs. the responsibility of the authorities, there is at least initially less openly Dear Editor, acknowledged need for help which would Mr. Hayes' paper, The Use of Authority, absorb some of the negative aspects of the relationship, and there is less opportunity for Part I, in the June issue of the Journal, puts termination of contact except in a way more the issue of authority in context. The time is or less disastrous for the client. In other words, long past when we assumed that authority in the correctional field there is generally likely implications were the sole preserve of the to be more anxiety concerning authority, either correctional field—an idea which tended to put expressed or unexpressed, in the helping correctional work outside the field of general relationship, both on the part of the worker social work practice and led to considerable and on the part of the client. soul-searching and defensiveness on the part of correctional workers. Mr. Hayes has cogently In these circumstances it is encumbent on argued the case, once again, for conceiving of correctional workers to take continual respon­ authority as an element in all professional sibility for coming to

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 1969

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