Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137595560)

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.

Author: Maurice Vanstone
ISBN-10: 1137595566
ISBN-13: 9781137595560
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2017
Pages: 412
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.53h x 6.25w x 1.18d