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1. Doing Justice in the Community

   By George Mair, Matthew Millings

   Community justice both as a practice and as a subject of criminological concern has become an issue of increasing significance over the past few years. While ideas and initiatives about such matters as community policing have been commonplace for several decades the more synoptic concept of...

   To Be Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Probation

   Key Readings

   Edited by George Mair, Judith Rumgay

   Probation presents a comprehensive selection of ‘key readings’ in community penalties. It is divided into six sections, each with a detailed introduction from the editors. Section one showcases central policy perspectives on the role, tasks and significance of the...

   To Be Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management

   A History of Probation

   By George Mair, Lol Burke

   Redemption, Rehabilitation and Risk Management provides the most accessible and up-to-date account of the origins and development of the Probation Service in England and Wales. The book explores and explains the changes that have taken place in the service, the pressures and tensions that have...

   Published August 29th 2011 by Willan
4. What Matters in Probation

   Edited by George Mair

   The What Works initiative is having a profound impact on the work of the National Probation Service, and much has been invested in new accredited programmes - both in terms of the numbers of offenders planned to complete these programmes and their anticipated impact upon offending. Yet there has...

   Published January 31st 2004 by Willan