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Probation

12 Essential Questions

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Editors:
  1. Fergus McNeill

    1. School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow School of Social and Political Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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  2. Ioan Durnescu

    1. Faculty of Sociology, University of Bucharest Faculty of Sociology, Bucharest, Romania

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  3. René Butter

    1. HU University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands, UTRECHT, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Questions, Questions, Questions

    • Ioan Durnescu, Fergus McNeill, René Butter
    Pages 1-7

  3. Why Do People Commit Crimes?

    • Rob Canton
    Pages 9-34

  4. What Are the Most Important Studies of Desistance and What Are the Future Research Needs?

    • Lila Kazemian
    Pages 35-59

  5. What Is the Impact of Probation in Advising Sentencing and Promoting Community Sanctions and Measures?

    • George Mair
    Pages 61-83

  6. Has Probation Any Impact in Terms of Reparation to Victims and Communities? Complicating a Simple Question

    • Leo van Garsse
    Pages 85-105

  7. What Is the Impact of Community Service?

    • Gill McIvor
    Pages 107-128

  8. What Is Probation’s Role in Successful Social Integration (Resettlement) of People Leaving Prison? A Piece in the Jigsaw

    • Maurice Vanstone
    Pages 129-151

  9. What Is the Impact of Probation on Satisfying the Public’s Desire for Justice or Punishment?

    • Rob Allen
    Pages 153-178

  10. What Are the Costs and Benefits of Probation?

    • Faye S. Taxman, Stephanie Maass
    Pages 179-196

  11. Experiencing Supervision: From ‘Sparing the First Offenders’ to ‘Punishment in the Community’ and Repairing the Harm Done

    • Ioan Durnescu
    Pages 197-215

  12. Electronic Monitoring and Probation Practice

    • Mike Nellis
    Pages 217-243

  13. Explaining Probation

    • Fergus McNeill, Gwen Robinson
    Pages 245-261

  14. Conclusion: The 12th Question

    • Fergus McNeill, René Butter, Ioan Durnescu
    Pages 263-274

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 275-281
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About this book

This volume poses a series of key questions about the practice of probation as an integral part of the European criminal justice system. The contributors are established experts in their respective fields of study and together their questions address the legitimacy, and perhaps continued existence, of probation.

The 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 themselves. The contributors further assess the state of probation and its adaptation to the current state of penality and society, the role of probation officers in pre-sentencing decision-making and the promotion of community sanctions and measures. By providing important recommendations and suggestions for application to practice, the book will be of great interest to academics,students, policy makers and practitioners alike.

Reviews

“This edited volume draws its inspiration from a range of acknowledged international experts on probation and criminal justice and has as its ambitious aim to answer the question ‘what do we know about probation so far?’ … . This book is a welcome contribution to probation scholarship.” (Mike Guilfoyle, Probation Journal, Vol. 64 (2), 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow School of Social and Political Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Fergus McNeill

  • Faculty of Sociology, University of Bucharest Faculty of Sociology, Bucharest, Romania

    Ioan Durnescu

  • HU University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands, UTRECHT, The Netherlands

    René Butter

About the editors

Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow, UK.


Ioan Durnescu is Professor, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Romania.


René Butter is Associate Professor of Applied Research Methodology, HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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