Supervising Offenders in the Community

Supervising Offenders in the Community

A History of Probation Theory and Practice

Vanstone, Maurice

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2007

208

Mole

Inglês

9780754671749

15 a 20 dias

Provides an account of the history of probation. This book also provides a comparative perspective by exploring the history of probation in the USA. It is based in part upon original documents and interviews with retired and serving officers. It is suitable for criminologists, social workers, social historians and social policy specialists.
Contents: The origins of the probation service: the orthodox accounts; The 'crusade' begins: the origins of the probation service revisited; Early practice: redemption, pledges and terrible warnings; From awakening the conscience to providing insight; Folk theories, practice and the heyday of treatment; The emergence of doubt: the non-treatment paradigm and alternative therapy; The rise to dominance of evidence-based practice; Conclusion: back to where we started; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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