Probation

This is a general introductory text about the work of the probation service. It is intended to give a reliable account of contemporary probation policy and practice, but offers critical perspectives as well. This book is accessible to new students of probation and to general readers, but also draws [...]
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This is a general introductory text about the work of the probation service. It is intended to give a reliable account of contemporary probation policy and practice, but offers critical perspectives as well. This book is accessible to new students of probation and to general readers, but also draws on a range of theoretical approaches to try to understand the significance of probation. Having positioned probation in the wider context of the criminal justice system, the book gives an account of probations history, its values and its principal tasks. There is attention to recent policy developments, the emergence of the idea of offender management and the place of probation as part of a National Offender Management Service. The focus is on England and Wales, although there is some discussion of other UK jurisdictions and of contemporary trends in European probation practices. The book concludes with some thoughts about how probation may develop in the years ahead. Probation: Working w