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The architecture of a probation office [PDF]

open access: yesProbation Journal, 2014
This article illustrates how the physicality of a probation office can be considered to reflect several important changes in the probation service’s recent history through analysis of research conducted in a probation office. Moreover, I argue that the design of probation offices has an important impact on practice.
openaire   +1 more source

Exploring and Explaining the Use and Proliferation of Whole Life Orders in England and Wales

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 167-179, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Whole life orders (WLOs) represent the power of the state to inflict harm at its most extreme, with such sentences being found to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, very little research has endeavoured to understand the use of WLOs.
Hannah Gilman, Jake Phillips
wiley   +1 more source

What works and what's just?

open access: yes, 2009
This paper is based on a presentation entitled 'What Works in Probation', delivered to an Invitational Conference for Directors of Probation Services in Europe organised by the Council of Europe, the Conference Permanente Européenne de la Probation and ...
McNeill, Fergus   +3 more
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Probation and offender manager training : an argument for an integrated approach

open access: yes, 2009
De Montfort University (DMU) was commissioned by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to carry out skills profile research to inform the proposed new probation training framework and curriculum.
Stout, Brian, Knight, Charlotte
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PROBATION REPORTS IN DETERMINING EFFECTIVE REHABILITATION ORDERS UNDER THE MALAYSIAN CHILD ACT 2001: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

open access: yesMalaysian Journal of Syariah and Law
Children who come into conflict with the law often do so due to unfavourable social environments, and exposure to the harsh criminal justice system can have long-term detrimental effects.
Jal Zabdi Mohd Yusoff   +2 more
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Institutional cooperation as a factor determining the effectiveness of probation officers

open access: yesPolish Journal of Social Rehabilitation, 2019
The author points out that widespread critical evaluations of social rehabilitation carried out under probation result mainly from the adoption of inadequate evaluation criteria for this process.
Marek Heine
doaj   +1 more source

Prejudicial but not unduly so? Addressing the epistemic and non‐epistemic dangers of rap evidence

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 335-358, June 2026.
Abstract Recent years have seen mounting concern about the use of rap music as evidence in criminal proceedings, alongside an ever‐increasing number of cases involving ‘rap evidence’. Yet, while rap music is widely recognized to be highly prejudicial as evidence in court, little is known about how ‘prejudicial effect’ is, or should be, conceptualized ...
ABENAA OWUSU‐BEMPAH
wiley   +1 more source

George D. Pickens, probation officer

open access: yes, 1939
Photograph shows George D. Pickens (left) recently appointed probation officer of Bexar County, shaking hands with his predecessor, J.

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Officer Probation Surveillance from the Perspective of the Probation and Mediation Service Clients

open access: yes, 2014
Bakalářská práce se zabývá dohledem probačního úředníka z pohledu klientů Probační a mediační služby, jaké názory a postoje na institut probačního dohledu klienti zastávají. V teoretické části je vymezena Probační a mediační služba a její historie.
Věrná, Monika
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Sentencing: The Probation Officer

open access: yes, 1973
Sentencing offenders of the criminal law is a widely diverse and complex problem. Few guidelines are available for those upon whom the task has been thrust.
Lowenthal, James
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