Probation services books

In 1907 the Probation of Offenders Act introduced a system which allowed offenders to be rehabilitated at home under...  Read More >>

Drawing on original research, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers...  Read More >>

Suitable for readers who are interested in real-world concepts and applications, this title examines the field of...  Read More >>

The Politics of Prison Crowding investigates recent transformations in Italy’s penal system to make the key analytical...  Read More >>

First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner...  Read More >>

This book is specifically geared towards unmasking the offender by providing clear, comprehensible information about...  Read More >>

This book is specifically geared towards unmasking the offender by providing clear, comprehensible information about...  Read More >>

First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive and positive reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales across all...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive and positive reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales across all...  Read More >>

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Many social workers, probation officers and others in the human services are employed in positions where they deal...  Read More >>

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This book explores how societies and cultures shape desistance processes and experiences. It offers findings from...  Read More >>

This book explores the concept of punishment: its meaning and significance, not least to those subject to it; its...  Read More >>

This book explores the concept of punishment: its meaning and significance, not least to those subject to it; its...  Read More >>

Building on her leading research in creative methodology, in this book Wendy Fitzgibbon explore and illustrates...  Read More >>

This volume addresses major issues and research in corrections and sentencing with the goal of using previous research...  Read More >>

The Twentieth Anniversary edition of Rethinking What Works with Offenders contains the original text along with...  Read More >>

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Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players,...  Read More >>

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players,...  Read More >>

Drawing on original research, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers...  Read More >>

This book explores probation staff understandings of professionalism in the aftermath of the Transforming Rehabilitation...  Read More >>

Explores a variety of the most timely and salient challenges facing the correctional system. The text is comprised...  Read More >>