Supervising offenders in the community : a history of probation theory and practice / by Maurice Vanstone.

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Publication details:

Aldershot, Hants. : Ashgate, 2004.

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63592

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Welfare and society.

Subject:

Probation -- History -- Great Britain.

Police supervision -- History. -- Great Britain.

Contents:

1. The origins of the Probation Service : the orthodox accounts

2. The crusade begins : the origins of the Probation Service revisited

3. Early practice : redemption, pledges, and terrible warnings

4. Early practice : redemption, pledges, and terrible warnings

5. From awakening the conscience to providing insight

6. Folk theories, practice, and the heyday of treatment

7. The emergence of doubt : the non-treatment paradigm and alternative therapy

8. The rise to dominance of evidence-based practice

9. Conclusion : back to where we started.

Summary:

This book provides an authoritative account of the history of probation.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780754671749

0754641902

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Phys. description:

198 pages ; 24 cm