Risk in Probation Practice

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-00099-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 844 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

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.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kemshall, Hazel

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Hazel Kempshall