The Probation Handbook
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published on 1. January 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-582-09143-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a practical guide for probation officers, incorporating recent changes in practice and approaches. It includes exercises and checklists to enhance learning. It covers all aspects and issues of probation work and gives practical guidance to aid and improve probation work. It is aimed at probation officers, practitioners working with juvenile justice and workers with offenders in the voluntary sector and at tutors and students.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
d.
Dimensions
Height: 130 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-09143-6 (9780582091436)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Case studies; the structure of the probation service; offenders and courts; sentencing; working in court; writing a social inquiry report; working with offenders - the probation order, throughcare; child protection and the probation service; keeping records; survival; the origins of crime - criminological theories; responding to crime - practice theories.