We've had a busy few weeks in the media, making interventions on a range of matters, from youth prisons to criminal records, knife violence, to the state of the probation service.
Last week, Richard, our Director, told The Times newspaper (£) that the government should end the 'failed' secure training centres experiment and close...
Our latest briefing, on the challenges faced by the probation system and on the importance of robust, independent inspection, is out today.
I recently read through the excellent collection of readings, Beyond...
Whilst reading the wonderfully uplifting collection of client/social work stories, I...
Recently reading a critical appraisal of some of the predictable shortcomings of the government’s Transformation Rehabilitation...
I recently read an article on current best practice in the delivery of domestic abuse programmes for men under supervision in the...
Reading Julia Warrener's lively and accessible critique of Personality Disorder, I was put in mind of my work with Lindsay (not his real name) while I was a Probation Officer. Lindsay's flamboyant...
While reading Richard Posner's insightful perspectives, How Judges Think, on judicial decision-making in the US, I experienced a flashback moment of a salutary episode near the start of...
I recently read Rob Canton’s contribution to the realities of probation practice in an excellent collection of essays, Probation and Politics, Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners....
