NCJ Number
137704
Editor(s)
P Senior,
D Woodhill
Date Published
1990
Length
66 pages
Annotation
This set of papers has been prepared as a contribution to the debate on the future of England's Probation Service.
Abstract
Key issues focus on whether the Probation Service should be at the center of the criminal justice system, the role of the judiciary and the prison service, the complexity of the sentencing process, the changing relationship between public and private sectors, and differences between social work and punitive approaches to criminal justice. Papers specifically explore probation and criminal justice in the context of change, punishment in the community, the role of public opinion and politics in the criminal justice system, probation management, consequences of standardization for probation practice, and the relationship between social work training and probation training. It is concluded that the Probation Service must articulate its own vision of the future, based on an appropriate value base and a professional culture of critical debate. References and notes