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Exploring the application, theory, implications and socio-legal underpinnings of human rights in probation and associated offender management, this book examines the organisation and re-organization of the National Probation Service, from the introduction of the Human Rights Act (HRA) to the end of the Transforming Rehabilitation era.
List of contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Purposes and Rationale
2. The Terminology of Human Rights in Probation
PART II: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
3. The Human Rights Act 1998 and Probation
4. Human Rights in the Era of Cumulative Failures
PART III: PROBATION IMPERATIVES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
5. Risk: An Ally or a Foe?
6. Rehabilitation: Fitting the Mould
7. Supervision as Public Protection? Human Rights Respond
PART IV: CHALLENGES AND BALANCES
8. Multi-Agency Work: Human Rights in the Balance
9. Relationships and Human Rights: A Fateful Encounter
10. Victims and Probation: Rebalancing the Human Rights Scales
PART V: CONCLUSION
11. Summary and Recommendations
About the author
Kyros Hadjisergis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Wolverhampton. He has conducted research in the areas of probation and human rights, offender rehabilitation, organised crime and community justice, and human trafficking and has expertise in qualitative research methods. His research interests relate to probation, rehabilitation and desistance, community crime prevention, restorative justice, and human rights. He teaches across all undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Criminology and Criminal Justice and has undertaken research and impact evaluations for criminal justice agencies and other associated organisations.
Summary
Exploring the application, theory, implications and socio-legal underpinnings of human rights in probation and associated offender management, this book examines the organisation and re-organization of the National Probation Service, from the introduction of the Human Rights Act (HRA) to the end of the Transforming Rehabilitation era.
