NCJ Number
124123
Editor(s)
B Broad
Date Published
1988
Length
76 pages
Annotation
This analysis of policy issues and developments in contemporary probation practice in Great Britain focuses on the nature and role of community probation work, ways to match resources to the needs of a local area, and the role of other social issues such as race and gender in the development of a community probation strategy.
Abstract
Individual papers focus on the work done by a probation team in a densely populated part of London, the major changes to a team approach that took place in probation practice in North Bedfordshire between 1976 and 1981, and the perceptions of eight probation teams' members regarding priorities and other aspects of community probation work. Further papers examine policy issues, including the roles of the social justice and social control models and the potential for local research projects designed to improve services to specific areas. A final article discusses the ways in which issues such as race, gender, and accountability will influence the development of a community probation strategy. The authors of the individual papers were all speakers at a workshop on probation held in March 1986. Chapter notes and references.