Rehabilitation and Probation in England and Wales, 1876-1962

Rehabilitation and Probation in England and Wales, 1876-1962 draws on a wide range of archive material to describe the arrival of a modern probation service. Focusing on the first half of the twentieth century, it describes the debates, conflicts and compromises that resulted in the creation of a state sponsored, centrally controlled, professional, secular, social work and psychological based agency. Following a chronological structure, Ray Gard explores the arrival of the so-called period of 'penal optimism', showing how rehabilitation arrived in the courts of England and Wales. The book uses archive and original material to give voice to those devising and implementing policy, revealing an uneven path to a modern probation system.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Gard, Raymond L. Gard, Gard Raymond
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9781472526328
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-2632-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment; History of Crime, Deviance and; History of Crime, Deviance and; History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, Wales, European History, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Probation services, Rehabilitation of offenders, Wales / Cymru