Probation: Key Readings

ISBN-13: 9780415671484 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 542 str.

George Mair; Judith Rumgay

Opis

'Probation' presents a comprehensive selection of 'key readings' in community penalties. It is divided into six sections, providing overviews of the important issues faced by practitioners, trainees and students of probation.

Spis treści

Part A. Probation: an official history Part B. Probation history: alternative perspectives  Part C. Models of Practice  Part D.  Supervision: practice and programmes  Part E. Diversity  Part F. Effectiveness.

O autorze

George Mair is Professor of Criminal Justice, Liverpool Hope University. He has researched and published widely on community penalties. His most recent book is What Matters in Probation (Willan, 2004). He has been a member of the Merseyside Probation Board since its inception in 2001.

Judith Rumgay recently retired from the London School of Economics where she was Reader in Social Policy.