Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Maurice Vanstone, Philip PriestleyTheme:Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:1/6/2017Pages:412
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781137595560ISBN-10:1137595566UPC:9781137595560Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Penology, Criminology, Public PolicyBook Topic:Social PolicySize:8.53 x 6.25 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.627Product ID:SCTMSMPMYF
This book is a collection of essays by a unique group of authors about the political destruction of the probation service in England and Wales. All of them are probation officers turned academics, with a collective scholarly output that is both prodigious and distinguished. They address the history of probation, its underlying values and working methods, and the way it has been systematically dismantled by successive political administrations. The book offers essential reading for those interested in broadening their understanding of the probation service and its vital role in rehabilitation. In addition it makes a compelling case for the reinstatement of an evidence-based probation service as the primary criminal justice agency concerned with helping people who come before the courts to become contributing citizens. A lively and engrossing read, it is destined to be invaluable to policy makers, social science theorists and commentators, as well as scholars of criminology and the justice system, and all those who work in it.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781137595560ISBN-10:1137595566UPC:9781137595560Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Penology, Criminology, Public PolicyBook Topic:Social PolicySize:8.53 x 6.25 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.627Product ID:SCTMSMPMYF
Maurice Vanstone worked in the probation service for 27 years and is currently Emeritus Professor of Criminology at Swansea University, Wales. His research and writing has focused mainly on probation-related topics, in particular, the effectiveness of community sentences, and the history of probation.
Philip Priestley has been a probation officer and academic. He helped pioneer services to victims, mediation, and probation day-centres as alternatives to prison. Has written on prison history, and developed cognitive-behavioural programmes, shown to reduce re-offending by up to 25%; which have been used in five countries.
Philip Priestley has been a probation officer and academic. He helped pioneer services to victims, mediation, and probation day-centres as alternatives to prison. Has written on prison history, and developed cognitive-behavioural programmes, shown to reduce re-offending by up to 25%; which have been used in five countries.
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