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Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners
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Description for Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners
Hardcover. Editor(s): Priestley, Philip; Vanstone, Maurice. Num Pages: 412 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP; JKVS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137595560
SKU
V9781137595560
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Ref
99-15
About N/A
Maurice Vanstone worked in the probation service for 27 years and is currently Emeritus Professor of Criminology at Swansea University, Wales. His research and writing has focused mainly on probation-related topics, in particular, the effectiveness of community sentences, and the history of probation. Philip Priestley has been a probation officer and academic. He helped pioneer services to victims, mediation, and ... Read more
Reviews for Probation and Politics: Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners
“This volume provides a uniquely honest insight into the research that has been conducted in the field of probation over the last 40 years and thus serves as a valuable body of work that can be used by anyone, specialist or otherwise, to understand what probation is all about and what it might become.” (Jake Phillips, The British Journal of ... Read more