Probation 12 Essential Questions
This volume poses a series of key questions about the practice of probation as an integral part of the European criminal justice system. The contributors are established experts in their respective fields of study and together their questions address the
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Fergus McNeill, Ioan Durnescu and René Butter
Probation
Fergus McNeill • Ioan Durnescu • René Butter Editors
Probation 12 Essential Questions
Editors Fergus McNeill School of Social and Political Sciences University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
René Butter HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ioan Durnescu Faculty of Sociology University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania
ISBN 978-1-137-51980-1 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-137-51982-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51982-5
ISBN 978-1-137-51981-8 (paperback)
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Contents
Introduction: Questions, Questions, Questions Ioan Durnescu, Fergus McNeill, and René Butter
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Why Do People Commit Crimes? Rob Canton
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What Are the Most Important Studies of Desistance and What Are the Future Research Needs? Lila Kazemian
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What Is the Impact of Probation in Advising Sentencing and Promoting Community Sanctions and Measures? George Mair
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Has Probation Any Impact in Terms of Reparation to Victims and Communities? Complicating a Simple Question Leo van Garsse
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What Is the Impact of Community Service? Gill McIvor
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What Is Probation’s Role in Successful Social Integration (Resettlement) of People Leaving Prison? A Piece in the Jigsaw Maurice Vanstone What Is the Impact of Probation on Satisfying the Public’s Desire for Justice or Punishment? Rob Allen What Are the Costs and Benefits of Probation? Faye S. Taxman and Stephanie Maass Experiencing Supervision:
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