Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to probation. It brings together themes of policy, theory and practice to help students and practitioners better understand the work of probation, its limitations, its potential, but above all its value.
Setting probation in the context of the criminal justice system, the book explores its history, purposes and contemporary significance. It explains what probation is and the practical realities of working with offenders in the community. The book also covers the governance of probation and how policy and practice are responding to contemporary concerns about crime and community safety.
This book encourages readers to appreciate the practical and theoretical strengths and shortcomings of contemporary probation practice. This revised and updated new edition includes a full description and discussion of recent reforms in the probation service and the Transforming Rehabilitation policy agenda. It also offers further discussion of international perspectives on probation, including international developments and collaborative efforts between countries.
This book is essential reading for trainee probation officers and students taking courses on probation, offender management, treatment and rehabilitation, working with offenders and community justice.
Contents
Introduction, 1. Probation and Criminal Justice, 2. Probation's Histories, 3. Probation Values, Justice and Diversity, 4. Punishment, Sentencing and Probation, 5. Community Sentences and Probation's Contribution to Sentencing, 6. Probation in Other Countries, 7. The Supervision of Offenders: What Works, 8. Desistance, Good Lives, Compliance and Motivation, 9. Probation, Risk and Public Protection, 10. Probation Practice: Offender Management, 11. Probation Practice: The ASPIRE Model, 12. Community Service, 13. Probation and Prison, 14. Victims, Probation and Criminal Justice, 15. Local and National, Public and Private, 16. Probation Staff and Culture
