This introductory text examines the role of the UK probation service and develops a conceptual framework its future development by identifying a group of criminal justice activities in which it could and should be involved.
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This report aims to introduce many key facets of contemporary criminal justice. The author provides information about current knowledge in such areas as criminal statistics, victims, fear of crime, crime prevention, and the treatment of women and racial minorities by the crimina…
This report aims to introduce many key facets of contemporary criminal justice. The author provides information about current knowledge in such areas as criminal statistics, victims, fear of crime, crime prevention, and the treatment of women and racial minorities by the crimina…
When it was published twenty years ago, Rethinking What Works with Offenders made a major contribution to criminological knowledge on why people stopped offending, and the impact the probation service had on the desistance process. Unlike other studies that had relied on officia…
Social Work Practice in the Criminal Justice System presents an overview of the criminal justice system for social workers, exploring the networks and institutions which comprise it. Integrating social work ethics and a commitment to social justice, this textbook explores social…
Moving away from criminal behaviour can be fraught with difficulties. Often it can involve leaving behind old habits, customs, and even friends, while at the same time adopting a new way of life. How do individuals go about making a decision to give up crime? How do they plan to…
Moving away from criminal behaviour can be fraught with difficulties. Often it can involve leaving behind old habits, customs, and even friends, while at the same time adopting a new way of life. How do individuals go about making a decision to give up crime? How do they plan to…
Moving away from criminal behaviour can be fraught with difficulties. Often it can involve leaving behind old habits, customs, and even friends, while at the same time adopting a new way of life. How do individuals go about making a decision to give up crime? How do they plan to…
This book aims to provide a critical analysis of both political and professional developments in policy and practice relating to non-custodial penalties, taking full account of recent developments and the creation of a National Probation Service in 2002. Its aim is to unravel th…
This book aims to provide a critical analysis of both political and professional developments in policy and practice relating to non-custodial penalties, taking full account of recent developments and the creation of a National Probation Service in 2002. Its aim is to unravel th…
This book aims to provide a critical analysis of both political and professional developments in policy and practice relating to non-custodial penalties, taking full account of recent developments and the creation of a National Probation Service in 2002. Its aim is to unravel th…
This volume reviews this field, drawing upon the largest study of minority ethnic probationers ever conducted in Europe, and seeking to understand the reasons behind the 'stark contrast between the experience of white and black minority ethnic people in some areas of the crimina…
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 i…