"This book provides a comprehensive and positive reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales across all the key settings in which work with people subject to supervision takes place. Bringing together chapters co-authored by academics and practitioners, it offers an o…
"This book provides a comprehensive and positive reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales across all the key settings in which work with people subject to supervision takes place. Bringing together chapters co-authored by academics and practitioners, it offers an o…
Crime, criminal justice and the probation service
First published in 1992, Crime, Criminal Justice and the Probation Service is a thought-provoking analysis of the role of the probation service in developing an integrated system of criminal justice. Robert Harris provides readable information about our knowledge of such areas a…
"In 1907 the Probation of Offenders Act introduced a system which allowed offenders to be rehabilitated at home under supervision, rather than being sent to prison. This book explores how the probation system was used to regulate the private and emotional lives of offenders in B…
"In 1907 the Probation of Offenders Act introduced a system which allowed offenders to be rehabilitated at home under supervision, rather than being sent to prison. This book explores how the probation system was used to regulate the private and emotional lives of offenders in B…
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…
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.
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…