A view from the inside

Allan Weaver is a social worker with a difference: he's spent time in jail, just like the offenders he now works with. Michael Howie hears his story

AS A social worker with 12 years' experience working with serial offenders, you might expect Allan Weaver to reject the throw-away-the-key approach to criminal justice that many people in Scotland currently crave.

But when Mr Weaver talks about th...