Handbook of Probation

Content: Cover --
Title --
Copyright --
Contents --
List of abbreviations --
Notes on contributors --
Acknowledgements --
Preface --
Introduction --
Part 1 The Story of Probation in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland --
Introduction --
1 Humanising justice: the English Probation Service up to 1972 --
2 Towards a correctional service --
3 Probation, governance and accountability --
4 The Probation Service as part of NOMS in England and Wales: fit for purpose? --
5 Probation in Scotland: past, present and future --
6 Probation, the state and community --
delivering probation services in Northern Ireland --
Part 2 Probation Services: Impact, Prospects and Potential in Everyday Practice --
Introduction --
7 Services before trial and sentence: achievement, decline and potential --
8 Assessment, supervision and intervention: fundamental practice in probation --
9 Sentencing, community penalties and the role of the Probation Service --
10 Youth justice --
11 Difference and diversity in probation --
12 Prolific/persistent offenders and desistance --
13 High-risk offenders and public protection --
14 The resettlement of ex-prisoners --
Part 3 What Works in Probation? --
Introduction --
15 Effectiveness: who counts what? --
16 Past, present and future sentences: what do we know about their effectiveness? --
17 Probation values and human rights --
18 Working for and with victims of crime --
19 Partnerships in probation --
20 Community penalties, sentencers, the media and public opinion --
Glossary --
Index.