Probation and Politics : Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners / edited by Maurice Vanstone, Philip Priestley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vanstone, Maurice., Editor.

Priestley, Philip., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corrections.

Punishment.

Critical criminology.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Prison and Punishment.

Critical Criminology.

Crime and Society.

Local Subjects:

Prison and Punishment.

Critical Criminology.

Crime and Society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 412 p. 3 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

Shadd Maruna, Dean of Law, Rutgers University. ‘Important work. Fascinating idea for a book of essays. Great read.’ Nick Cohen, The Observer. ‘Level-headed account of the ruin of a vital public service. The writers' cool contempt and determination to be accurate make it all the more damning.’ Martine Herzog-Evans, University of Reims, Law Faculty ‘Very original collection. Raises essential questions - informative, enjoyable read.’ This book provides a rigorous examination into the causes and effects of the abolishment of probation within the justice system. Addressing a wide range of subjects, such as current and historical perceptions of probation, the political factors which brought about its diminishment, and the effects of its dissolution, this study offers essential reading for those interested in broadening their understanding of the probation service and its vital role in rehabilitation. In addition, the combined contributions provide a compelling case for the reinstatement of an evidence-based probation service as the primary criminal justice agency concerned with helping to rehabilitate those people who come before the courts. Written by a broad range of experts, this book is a lively and engrossing read, destined to be invaluable to policy makers, social science theorists and commentators, as well as scholars of criminology and the justice system.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Women and Probation

Chapter 2. Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Chapter 3. Social Justice, Human Rights and the Values of Probation

Chapter 4. Values in Probation With People Who Commit Sex Crimes

Chapter 5. What Probation Has Been and What It Could Become

Chapter 6. Probation

Chapter 7. Bridging and Broking

Chapter 8. Probation, Privatisation, and Perceptions of Risk

Chapter 9. The Nature of Probation Practice

Chapter 10. The Rise of Risk in Probation Work

Chapter 11. Alarms & Excursions

Chapter 12. Effective Probation in England and Wales?

Chapter 13. Forty Years and Counting

Chapter 14. Probation

Chapter 15. A Future for Evidence-based Do-gooding?

Chapter 16. Probation Duty and the Re-moralisation of Criminal Justice

Chapter 17. Probation in the Genes? .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781137595577

1137595574