Supervising offenders in the community : a history of probation theory and practice / Maurice Vanstone.

Title
  1. Supervising offenders in the community : a history of probation theory and practice / Maurice Vanstone.
Published by
  1. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004.
Author
  1. Vanstone, Maurice.

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Description
  1. ix, 198 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Welfare and society
Uniform title
  1. Welfare and society.
Subject
  1. Police supervision > Great Britain > History
  2. Probation > Great Britain > History
Contents
  1. The origins of the Probation Service : the orthodox accounts -- The 'crusade' begins : the origins of the Probation Service revisited -- Early practice : redemption, pledges, and terrible warnings -- From awakening the conscience to providing insight -- Folk theories, practice, and the heyday of treatment -- The emergence of doubt : the non-treatment paradigm and alternative therapy -- The rise to dominance of evidence-based practice -- Conclusion : back to where we started.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain