As an exemplar of modern penality's 'normalizing sector'(Garland, 1985), probation is deeply
implicated in the purported shift towards a 'new'or 'postmodern'penal rationality with risk …

Neutralization theory, though a popular framework for understanding deviant behavior,
remains badly underdeveloped. Few attempts have been made to connect it to narrative and …

In both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of
women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the …

The use of sports-based activity programmes as a means of tackling crime has been
explored in a number of countries worldwide, particularly in relation to the prevention of re …

In a number of recent analyses, rehabilitation has been portrayed as a casualty of processes
of penal transformation, coming to be frequently characterized as' dead'or'irrelevant'. This …

The notion of rehabilitation is a broad one, and can be applied in a variety of settings, such
as the rehabilitation of the sick. In this book we are specifically concerned with the …

Can offenders be rehabilitated? Can this be done in ways that benefit the community as a
whole, as well as offenders? This book is about the history, theory, practice and …

The Conference at which several of the papers included in this collection were first
presented was sponsored by Economic and Social Research Council Award L216 25 2033 …

In this work Maurice Vanstone provides an authoritative and original account of the history of
probation. This invaluable reference tool offers readers a new way of reading probation …

In 1998 the Labour government in the UK introduced the Crime and Disorder Act. This Act
brought into being multi-agency Youth Offending Teams (YOT) in each local authority area …