Effective Probation Practice

Drawing on the authors' experience of research and practice in probation, the book provides a positive and realistic view of the contribution the probation service can make to the criminal justice system. It covers court work, face-to-face work with offenders, wider work in the community, and probation organisation and management. It is informed both by research on 'what works' and by a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Probation in Penal-Policy:Welfare, Justice or Crime Reduction?
An Offender-Centred Strategy
Influencing Sentences:Just Deserts and System
Strategies Consistency and Quality in Pre-Sentence Reports
'Some Things Do Work': The New Evidence
Developing and Evaluating a Programme to Reduce Offending Community
Responses to Crime: What Role for Probation?
Conclusion: Management and the Pursuit of Effectiveness.

Product details

• Authors: Pete Raynor, Peter Raynor, Professor Peter Raynor, Davi Smith, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• No. of pages: 174
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 218 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Series: Practical Social Work; Practical Social Work Series; Practical Social Work
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education