Risk in Probation Practice
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2024
370 pages
978-0-429-81531-7 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1998, this volume examines risk in probation practice through consideration of the context, the risk differences and how to reconcile them. Hazel Kemshall responds to a recent crisis in the probation service of offenders committing crimes while on probation, prompting a re-evaluation of risk assessment of offenders with the potential for probation. The volume will be of interest to staff and managers involved in probation work.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
File size
36,91 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-429-81531-7 (9780429815317)
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Person
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Content
Part 1. Methodology and Context. 1. Researching Risk in Probation Practice: Methodology. 2. What is Risk? 3. Social Theories of Risk: Implications for the Probation Service. 4. The Changing Nature of Probation: the Origins of Risk. Part 2. Risk Differences. 5. Vignettes on Risk: Values and Knowledge in Risk Assessment. 6. Risk and Practice Wisdom: the State of the Art. 7. Developing Critical Awareness of Decision Making. 8. Risk Decision Making in the Field: an Explanatory Model. Part 3. Reconciling Risk Differences: Optimum Risk Management Systems. 9. Approaches to Risk Management. 10. The Precautionary Principle and Insurance Systems for Offender Risk. 11. Risk and Social Regulation.
