Probation: 12 Essential Questions - Softcover

 
9781137519818: Probation: 12 Essential Questions
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1137519819 ISBN 13: 9781137519818
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

This volume poses a series of key questions about the practice of probation as an integral part of the European criminal justice system. The contributors are established experts in their respective fields of study and together their questions address the legitimacy, and perhaps continued existence, of probation.


The book offers analyses of why people offend and stop offending, and the wide ranging impacts of probation. This includes the impact on offenders' social reintegration, as a form of reparation for victims and communities, on public desire for justice and punishment, and on probationers themselves. The contributors further assess the state of probation and its adaptation to the current state of penality and society, the role of probation officers in pre-sentencing decision-making and the promotion of community sanctions and measures. By providing important recommendations and suggestions for application to practice, the book will be of great interest to academics,students, policy makers and practitioners alike.

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About the Author

Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Ioan Durnescu is Professor, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Romania.

René Butter is Associate Professor of Applied Research Methodology, HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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This volume poses a series of key questions about the practice of probation as an integral part of the European criminal justice system. The contributors are established experts in their respective fields of study and together their questions address the legitimacy, and perhaps continued existence, of probation.


The book includes analysis of why people offend and stop offending, and the wide ranging impacts of probation. This includes the impact on offenders' social reintegration, as a form of reparation for victims and communities, on public desire for justice and punishment, and on probationers themselves. The contributors further assess the state of probation and its adaptation to the current state of penality and society, the role of probation officers in pre-sentencing decision-making and the promotion of community sanctions and measures. By providing important recommendations and suggestions for application to practice, the book will be of great interest to academics, policy makers and practitioners alike.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1137519819
ISBN 13 
9781137519818
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
290
Editor
McNeill Fergus, Durnescu Ioan, Butter René

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