| Probation Round the World Contributor(s): Hamai, Koichi (Editor), Harris, Robert (Editor), Hough, Mike (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415115175 ISBN-13: 9780415115179 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1995 Annotation: The field of international probation has been surprisingly under-investigated by researchers or policy makers. "Probation Across the World" presents the findings of a study conducted by the United Nations Crime and Justice Research Unit. This group investigated the legal and administrative implications for criminal justice concerning reductions in border controls and the freedom of movement in the labor market. Theoretically innovative, the book reviews the disparate literature on comparative probation and reworks data received from the national experts in ten selected case study countries, including the US and Canada, offering a coherent analysis of probation around the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Penology - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 364.63 |
| LCCN: 95001117 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.72 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whilst they retain a recognisable common core, probation systems round the world are enormously varied, and many are in a state of rapid change. Probation Round the World is a study of probation in ten countries, ranging from the well-resourced and heavily professionalised services of Britain and the old Commonwealth to the reliance on lay-supervisors in Japan and the community-based system which has recently been set up in Papua new Guinea. Probation Round the World resulted from collaborative research conducted by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the British Home Office. The first part of the book comprises a review of the development and convergence of probation within the Civil Law and Common Law traditions. The second part describes the origins and functions of systems in the ten countries, drawing out salient differences and similarities. It will provide invaluable reading for students of criminal justice and criminology and for professionals working in probation managment and government. |