PROBATION - Softcover

MAY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335093779 ISBN 13: 9780335093779

Publisher: Open University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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 percieved by probation staff. The author moves from the general to the specific: from the nature of these changes to an examination of their consequences within one probation service which, for the purposes of anonymity, is called "Treen". The book also analyzes the work of probation personnel in different work settings; and considers the appropriateness of the recent administrative changes in relation to the everyday realities of probation work.

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About the Author

Tim May originally trained and worked as an agricultural engineer. After his PhD (1990), he was appointed to a lectureship at Plymouth (1989-95) and then moved to the University of Durham (1995-99) and was appointed at Salford in 1999. He became Director of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures in 2001. He has held research grants from many sources including: ESRC; EPSRC; AHRC; Mistra (Swedish Environmental Research Foundation; Regional Development Agencies; Core Cities Group; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Higher Education Funding Council; Local Government Management Board; Economic and Social Research Council; Manchester City Council; the CONTACT group of the four Greater Manchester Universities and the NHS.

Synopsis

Tim May provides us with a well-grounded overview of the probation service today. '...a well-researched and referenced, thoroughly readable and thought-provoking analysis of the current condition of the Probation Service. It will constitute an invaluable student text and serve to enlighten those in the field who grapple daily with the conflicts and paradoxes it so graphically describes' - "Probation Journal."

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335093779
• ISBN 13: 9780335093779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 226