Probation

ISBN-13: 9781841741901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 478 str.

Ward, David A.

Opis

Legislation such as the Human Rights Act 1998 will have a major impact on the probation service, which, at a time of increased public scrutiny, must not become marginalized in the justice debate. This work offers stimulus for critical debate at this time o

O autorze

David Ward is Professor of Social and Community Studies and Head of the School of Health and Applied Social Sciences at De Montfort University. Having trained and worked as a probation officer, he has maintained a special interest in probation matters throughout his career in higher education. John Scott has been Chief Officer of Bedfordshire Probation Area since 1994. He is a member of the Home Office Advisory Board on Restricted Patients and the Conference Permanente Europeenne de la Probation as the United Kingdom representative. He is also a Chief Officer member of the National Probation Directorate's working group on human rights. Malcolm Lacey (following unsuccessful career attempts as writer, steelworker, gas salesman and teacher) trained at the LSE and became a probation officer in Hertfordshire in 1963. In 1976 he became Head of Social Work at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) before being appointed as Chief Probation Officer in Dorset in 1982. He has recently taken early retirement.