Community Justice : Issues for Probation and Community Justice

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This book provides an accessible text and critical analysis of the concepts and delivery of community justice, a focal point in contemporary criminal justice. The probation service in particular has undergone radical changes in relation to professional training, roles and delivery of services, but now operates within a mosaic of a number of inter-agency initiatives. This book aims to provide a critical appreciation of community justice, its origin and direction, and to engage with debates on the ways in which the trend towards community justice is changing the criminal justice system. At the s.  Read more... Abstract: This book provides an accessible text and critical analysis of the concepts and delivery of community justice, a focal point in contemporary criminal justice. The probation service in particular has undergone radical changes in relation to professional training, roles and delivery of services, but now operates within a mosaic of a number of inter-agency initiatives. This book aims to provide a critical appreciation of community justice, its origin and direction, and to engage with debates on the ways in which the trend towards community justice is changing the criminal justice system. At the s Content: Cover Copyright Page Contents Figures and tables Notes on contributors 1 Community justice: the smell of fresh bread 2 The probation service, public protection and dangerous offenders 3 Dim prospects: humanistic values and the fate of community justice 4 The police service: from enforcement to management 5 Police and community justice in partnership 6 'Tough on probation': probation practice under the National Offender Management Service 7 Working for community justice: a Home Office perspective 8 A new chance for rehabilitation: multi-agency provision and potential under NOMS. 9 Crime prevention: the role and potential of schools10 The identification and management of anti-social and offending behaviour 11 Community youth justice: policy, practices and public perception 12 Community responses to hate crime 13 Marginalized and disenfranchised: community justice and mentally disordered offenders 14 Improving confidence in criminal justice: achieving community justice for victims and wi.