Transforming probation : social theories and the criminal justice system / Philip Whitehead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitehead, Philip, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Probation.

Parole.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

vi, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

Written by an established author in the field, this book explores the politics of modernization and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It is unique in drawing upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyze changes in the probation service by including data from quantitative and qualitative empirical research. This highlights the challenges to, but also support of, the platform of modernization that culminated in the transformative rehabilitation revolution. Providing critical tools for the reader to use in their own work and studies, it makes a timely contribution to criminal justice and probation theory and uniquely provides insights into what representatives of other organisations think about probation - from the outside looking in. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Probation and criminal justice, 1997-2015: from New Labour to the Coalition government 3

2 Assembling the resources to theorise probation and criminal justice 39

3 The religious and personalist tradition: or, reflections on the moral economy of criminal justice 93

4 Putting theories and moral sensibilities to work 119

5 Modernisation and cultural change under New Labour: views of solicitors, clerks, magistrates, barristers and judges 157

6 Modernising monstrosities and transformational traumas: social theory, criminal justice and morality 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447327653

1447327659

9781447327660

1447327667

OCLC:

967760541