Supervising offenders in the community : a history of probation theory and practice

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Supervising offenders in the community : a history of probation theory and practice

Maurice Vanstone

(Welfare and society)

Ashgate, c2004

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index

Contents of Works

  • The origins of the Probation Service : the orthodox accounts
  • The 'crusade' begins : the origins of the Probation Service revisited
  • Early practice : redemption, pledges, and terrible warnings
  • From awakening the conscience to providing insight
  • Folk theories, practice, and the heyday of treatment
  • The emergence of doubt : the non-treatment paradigm and alternative therapy
  • The rise to dominance of evidence-based practice
  • Conclusion : back to where we started

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