PROBATION

by May

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This book is about change. It is about the effect of changes in the criminal justice system and society in general upon the organization and everyday work of the probation service in England and Wales. These changes include a collapse in confidence in the treatment or rehabilitation model of probation work, and the actions of a Conservative government determined to create a punitive correctional service in the community.

The author traces paradigm, political and organizational changes; explores how they are interpreted and implemented in probation service policy; and analyzes the effects of policy shifts and how they are...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780335093779
  • Publish Date 16 December 1990
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 8 March 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Open University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 226
  • Language English