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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"probation practice"”.
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Recent Developments in Probation Practice: the impact of risk analysis
… my research has been to explore, in the area of probation, the influence of the shift away from traditional social work values towards an emphasis on punishment, enforcement and the management of risk. In particular my focus has been on how this shift has influenced the methods by which …
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An evaluation of the functions of the assistant probation officer as a new occupational category in probation practice
… is to evaluate the functions of the assistant probation officer as a new occupational category in probation practice. The study also explores the knowledge and insight of the functions of assistant probation officers on the part of related role players, namely, probation officers (including the …
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Support in a Community Rehabilitation Company
… Not only is there a gap in the literature in probation practice and disability specifically ADHD, but also the assimilation of the social and medical models into an holistic model creates a structure from which to look at the inclusion of disability in probation practice and beyond. The …
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Probation workers' practice and practice ideals in a culture of control
This dissertation focuses on the practice and culture of probation workers in two offender management units in England. The PhD asks how broad theories of penal transformation have impacted on probation practice and practice ideals by looking at what probation workers say they are trying to achieve …
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How do probation officers apply attachment theory in their practice? A qualitative study of probation supervision
… this thesis was an article that I published in Probation Journal entitled 'The Application of Attachment Theory with Offenders' (Ansbro, 2008). It was an essay type article rather than a piece of research in which I suggested that attachment theory might provide some useful applications for …
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Does Time Matter? An Examination Of Sentence Length, Time Served And Probation Outcomes
… remains some uncertainty as to whether or not probation supervision can influence the behaviour of offenders as intended and thereby protect the public. Within the growing body of probation literature is support for a number of theoretically relevant variables and probation outcomes (Morgan, …
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Practitioner and service user experiences of short term imprisonment and resettlement under the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014
… and practitioner perspectives of on the ground practice in the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC). Findings from this research reveal a dissonance between the aims and ambitions of TR and the reality on the ground. This dissonance is caused by a set of inter-connected institutional, temporal …
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Soft skills for hard work: an exploration of the efficacy of the emotional literacy of practitioners working within the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) with high risk offenders
… explore ways in which the emotional content of probation intervention with offenders is central to practitioner/offender relationships, but constitutes a discourse that has been largely silenced within an organisation that favours a business orientated model. Questions addressed within this …