Reimagining Probation Practice: Re-forming Rehabilitation in an Age of Penal Excess

Reimagining Probation Practice: Re-forming Rehabilitation in an Age of Penal Excess
ISBN-10
1000647919
ISBN-13
9781000647914
Category
Social Science
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2022-10-17
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Authors
Fergus McNeill, Lol Burke, Steve Collett

Description

This book provides a comprehensive and positive reimagining of probation practice in England and Wales across all the key settings in which work with people subject to supervision takes place. Bringing together chapters co-authored by academics and practitioners, it offers an overall conceptualisation of the rehabilitative endeavour within the realities of a probation service recently unified after the acknowledged failure of the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms. Reimagining Probation Practice covers the main themes and job functions of probation practice, from court work to individual and group interventions, to resettlement and public protection, to partnerships, to education and training. Each chapter includes a brief critical history of the area of practice, the current policy context, the applicability of different forms of rehabilitation (personal, legal/judicial, social and moral) to this area of practice, an overview of current good practice and areas in need of development. The book argues that the principles of parsimony, proportionality and productiveness should be applied to the criminal justice system in its work to rehabilitate individuals. This book is essential reading for practitioners and all those engaged in probation training, as well as policy makers, leaders, managers and those interested in social and criminal justice. .

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