1st Edition

Human Rights in Probation Theory, Practice and Balance

By Kyros Hadjisergis Copyright 2025
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Exploring the application, theory, implications, and socio-legal underpinnings of human rights in probation and associated offender management, this book examines the key imperatives and practices of the Probation Service in England and Wales in relation to the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). Outlining how the duties of probation officers are interpreted in light of the HRA, this book refers to... Read more

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1.           Purposes and Rationale

2.           The Terminology of Human Rights in Probation

 

PART II: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

3.           The Human Rights Act 1998 and Probation

4.           Human Rights in the Era of Cumulative Failures

 

PART III: PROBATION IMPERATIVES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

5.           Risk: An Ally or a Foe?

6.           Rehabilitation: Fitting the Mould

7.           Supervision as Public Protection? Human Rights Respond

 

PART IV: CHALLENGES AND BALANCES

8.           Multi-Agency Work: Human Rights in the Balance

9.           Relationships and Human Rights: A Fateful Encounter

10.        Victims and Probation: Rebalancing the Human Rights Scales

 

PART V: CONCLUSION

11.        Summary and Recommendations

Biography

Kyros Hadjisergis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Wolverhampton. He has conducted research in the areas of probation and human rights, offender rehabilitation, organised crime and community justice, and human trafficking and has expertise in qualitative research methods. His research interests relate to probation, rehabilitation and desistance, community crime prevention, restorative justice, and human rights. He teaches across all undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Criminology and Criminal Justice and has undertaken research and impact evaluations for criminal justice agencies and other associated organisations.