Probation, Credibility and Justice

Criminal Justice Identities in Transition: the Case of Devolved Probation Services in England and Wales

In 2014, the coalition government’s Transforming Rehabilitation reforms led to the wholesale restructuring of probation services in England and Wales. As part of this reconfiguration of probation services, more than half of the employees of public sector Probation Trusts were transferred to 21 new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) set up to manage mediumand low-risk offenders and destin...

Probation and Re-Education

Federal Probation

Federal Probation (ISSN 0014-9128) is dedicated to informing its readers about current thought, research, and practice in corrections and criminal justice. The journal welcomes the contributions of persons who work with or study juvenile and adult offenders and invites authors to submit articles describing experience or significant findings regarding the prevention and control of delinquency an...

Criminal Justice Jan Jordan Beyond Belief ? : Police , Rape and Women ’ s Credibility

This article reviews issues concerning perceptions of women’s credibility in the context of police responses to sexual assault complainants. It is based on both quantitative and qualitative data drawn from detailed analysis of police rape and sexual assault files. Particular attention is paid to identification of the principal factors affecting police perceptions of rape complainants, addressin...

The Probation Officer

!t is they who have the final decision. The probation officer has a double duty, on the one hand to See that the Court's directions are carried out and on the other to l?ok after the interests of individuals. On the whole this divided Royalty causes no real difficulty. In most other fields?doctor and Patient, solicitor and client, social worker and "case"?where the relationship breaks down, one...