Handbook of Probation
Contributors: Morgan, Rod
Publisher: Willan Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cullompton
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 649
ISBN-13: 9781843926184
Subjects: Probation
Description: This Handbook provides a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date source of information and analysis about all aspects of the work of the Probation Service an essential text for anybody working in probation, studying the subject as part of wider criminology or criminal justice course, or training for it. It takes full account of the many changes that the Probation Service has undergone over the last few years, and is currently undergoing as probation becomes part of the broader National Offender Management Service. Contributors to the book are drawn from leading academics and practitioner.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Prelims; Copyright Page; Contents; List of abbreviations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 The Story of Probation in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; Chapter 1 Humanising Justice: the English Probation Service up to 1972; Chapter 2 Towards a cirrectional service; Chapter 3 Probation, governance and accountability; Chapter 4 The Probation Service as part of NOMS in England and Wales: fit for purpose?; Chapter 5 Probation in Scotland: past, present and future.; title: Chapter 6 Probation. the state and community- delivering probation service in Northern IrelandPart 2 Probation Service: Impact, Prospects and Potential in Everyday Practice; Chapter 7 Services before trial and sentence: achievement, decline and potential; Chapter 8 Assessment, supervision and intervention: fundamental practice in probation; Chapter 9 Sentencing, community penalties and the role of the Probation Service; Chapter 10 Youth justice; Chapter 11 Difference and diversity i.