Transforming Probation: Social Theories and the Criminal Justice System

by Philip Whitehead

Book Overview

Written by an established author in the field, this book explores the politics of modernization and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It is unique in drawing upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyze changes in the probation service by including data from quantitative and qualitative empirical research. This highlights the challenges to, but also support of, the platform of modernization that culminated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447327667
• ISBN13: 9781447327660
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"