Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management

With the 100th anniversary of the UK's probation service in 2007, and the arrival of National Offender Management Services (NOMS), it is a particularly appropriate time to examine the history of probation. This book offers an account of the history and development of the service in the UK. It provides an accessible, reliable, and timely account of the origins and development of the probation service from its beginnings in the second half of the 19th century up to its incorporation into NOMS. The book presents historical material, official Home Office documents, probation statistics, and research reports.