{"product_id":"redemption-rehabilitation-and-risk-management","title":"Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRedemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most accessible and up-to-date account of the origins and development of the Probation Service in England and Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores and explains the changes that have taken place in the service, the pressures and tensions that have shaped change, and the role played by government, research, NAPO, and key individuals from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the plans for the service outlined by the Conservative\/Liberal Democrat government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe probation service is a key agency in dealing with offenders; providing reports for the courts that assist sentencing decisions; supervizing released prisoners in the community and working with the victims of crime. Yet despite dealing with more offenders than the prison service, at lower cost and with reconviction rates that are lower than those associated with prisons, the Probation Service has been ignored, misrepresented, taken for granted and marginalized, and probation staff have been sneered at as ‘do-gooders’. The service as a whole is currently under serious threat as a result of budget cuts, organizational restructuring, changes in training, and increasingly punitive policies. This book details how probation has come to such a pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy tracing the evolution of the probation service, \u003cem\u003eRedemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management\u003c\/em\u003e not only sheds invaluable light on a much misunderstood criminal justice agency, but offers a unique examination of twentieth century criminal justice policy. It will be essential reading for students and academics in criminal justice and criminology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226830917976,"sku":"9781843922506","price":210.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781843922506.jpg?v=1768630529","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/redemption-rehabilitation-and-risk-management","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}