What Matters in Probation
Published on 19. August 2016
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-1-138-17536-5 (ISBN)
Description
The What Works initiative is having a profound impact on the work of the National Probation Service, and much has been invested in new accredited programmes - both in terms of the numbers of offenders planned to complete these programmes and their anticipated impact upon offending. Yet there has been little scholarly or professional discussion of the nature and risks of the new paradigm: it is important that it is subjected to critical debate and scrutiny. This book aims to provide a critical overview of What Works, providing a wider set of perspectives on a project which is vital for the future of the National Probation Service.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-17536-5 (9781138175365)
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Person
George Mair is Professor of Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University.
Content
1. Introduction: What Works and what matters 2. The origins of What Works in England and Wales: a house built on sand? 3.The uses and abuses of positivism 4. Dangerous thinking: a critical history of correctional cognitive behaviouralism 5. How cognitive skills forgot about gender and diversity 6. The barking dog? Partnership and effective practice 7. Getting tough or being effective: what matters? 8. Beyond programmes: organisational and cultural issues in the implementation of What Works 9. Supervision, motivation and social context: what matters most when probationers desist? 10. Community reintegration: for whom? 11. Community service as reintegration: exploring the potential 12. What Works: a view from the chiefs 13. Purposes matter: examining the 'ends' of probation 14. Getting personal: developments in policy and practice in Scotland 15. What Works and the globalisation of punishment talk