Rehabilitation and probation in England and Wales, 1876 - 1962

"Rehabilitation and Probation in England and Wales, 1900-1950 draws on a wide range of archive material to describe the arrival of a modern probation service. Focusing on the first half of the twentieth century, it describes the debates, conflicts and compromises that resulted in the creation o...

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Authors: Gard, Raymond 1961- (Author) ; Gard, Raymond L. 1961- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Bloomsbury Academic 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 7117
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Keywords:
Criminals > Rehabilitation > England > History
Criminals > Rehabilitation > Wales > History
Probation > England > History
Probation > Wales > History
England > Wales > Täter > Strafaussetzung > Resozialisierung > Geschichte 1876-1962
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Summary:"Rehabilitation and Probation in England and Wales, 1900-1950 draws on a wide range of archive material to describe the arrival of a modern probation service. Focusing on the first half of the twentieth century, it describes the debates, conflicts and compromises that resulted in the creation of a state sponsored, centrally controlled, professional, secular, social work and psychological based agency. Following a chronological structure, Ray Gard explores the arrival of the so-called period of 'penal optimism', showing how rehabilitation arrived in the courts of England and Wales. The book uses archive and original material to give voice to those devising and implementing policy, revealing an uneven path to a modern probation system"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages [241] - 251) and index
Physical Description:255 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9781472526328