Probation : 12 essential questions / Fergus McNeill, Ioan Durnescu, René Butter, editors.
This book offers analyses of why people offend and stop offending, and the wide ranging impacts of probation. This includes the impact on offenders' social reintegration, as a form of reparation for victims and communities, on public desire for justice and punishment, and on probationers themse...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: questions, questions, questions / Ioan Durnescu, Fergus McNeill, and Rene Butter
- Why do people commit crimes? / Rob Canton
- What are the most important studies of desistnace and what are the future research needs? / Lila Kazemian
- What is the impact of probation in advising sentencing and promoting community sanctions and measures? / George Mair
- Has probation any impact in terms of reparation to victims and communities/ Complicating a simple question / Leo van Garsse
- What is the impact of community service / Gill McIvor
- What is probation's role in successful social integration (resettlement) of people leaving prison? A piece in the jigsaw / Maurice Vanstone
- What is the impact of probation on satisfying the public's desire for justice or punishment? / Rob Allen
- What are the costs and benefits of probation? / Faye S. Taxman and Stephanie Maass
- Experiencing supervision: from 'sparing the first offenders' to 'punishment in the community' and repairing the harm done / Ioan Durnescu
- Electronic monitoring and probation practice / Mike Nellis
- Explaining probation / Fergus McNeill and Gwen Robinson
- Conclusion: the 12th question / Fergus McNeill, Rene Butter, and Ioan Durnescu.