Race and probation

The issue of minority ethnic groups' experiences of the criminal justice process, and in particular whether they are subject to disadvantageous treatment, has received much attention in recent years following high-profile events such as the publication of the Macpherson report in 1999 and the riots involving British-born Asian youths in northern towns in 2001. At the same time there has been a burgeoning body of research evidence about the needs and experiences of minority ethnic offenders, the behaviour of racially motivated offenders, and concern with 'What Works' to reduce recidivism by.

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12 Race and community penalties: conclusions and next stepsIndex

Cover; Race and Probation; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures and tables; About the contributors; Introduction: race, crime and community penalties; Part One: Background; 1 Room for improvement: a history of the Probation Service's response to race; 2 Racially motivated offenders and the Probation Service; 3 Race, Probation and Inspections; Part Two: Black and Minority Ethnic offenders: their needs and experiences; 4 Black and Asian men on probation: who are they, and what are their criminogenic needs?

5 Black and Asian men on probation: social exclusion, discrimination and experiences of criminal justice6 The experiences of female minority ethnic offenders: the other 'other'; 7 Not black and white: mixed heritage experiences of criminal justice; Part Three: Recent Developments; 8 Designing and delivering programmes forminority ethnic offenders; 9 What Works with Black and minority ethnic offenders: solutions in search of a problem?; 10 Minority ethnic experiences of probation supervision and programmes; 11 What might work with racially motivated offenders?; Part Four: Conclusions