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Effective Probation Practice

  • Textbook
  • Mar 1994

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Authors:
  1. Peter Raynor
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  2. David Smith
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  3. Maurice Vanstone
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Part of the book series: Practical Social Work Series (PSWS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 1-4

  3. Probation in Penal Policy: Welfare, Justice or Crime Reduction?

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 5-18

  4. An Offender-Centred Strategy

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 19-36

  5. Influencing Sentencers: Just Deserts and System Strategies

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 37-55

  6. Consistency and Quality in Pre-Sentence Reports

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 56-70

  7. ‘Some Things Do Work’: The New Evidence

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 71-91

  8. Developing and Evaluating a Programme to Reduce Offending

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 92-106

  9. Community Responses to Crime: What Role for Probation?

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 107-137

  10. Conclusion: Management and the Pursuit of Effectiveness

    • Peter Raynor, David Smith, Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 138-153

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 154-174
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About this book

Drawing on the authors' experience of research and practice in probation, the book provides a positive and realistic view of the contribution the probation service can make to the criminal justice system. It covers court work, face-to-face work with offenders, wider work in the community, and probation organisation and management. It is informed both by research on 'what works' and by a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.

About the authors

Author Peter Raynor: Peter Raynor is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Swansea University in Wales, UK. A former probation officer and social work educator, he has been carrying out and publishing research on effective practice in probation services since the 1970s. His previous books include Social Work, Justice and Control (1985); Probation as an Alternative to Custody (1988); Effective Probation Practice (with Smith and Vanstone, Macmillan, 1994); Understanding Community Penalties (with Vanstone, 2002); Race and Probation (with Lewis, Smith and Wardak, 2005); Developments in Social Work with Offenders (with Gill McIvor, Jessica Kingsley 2007); Rehabilitation,

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