Book Reviews (5.2)

Target Practice in Probation: Take Aim for a Reappraisal

The probation system from 1907 to the 1980s did not operate within a framework of centrally imposed targets.

Risk Management and/or Punishment in the Community: Supervising Conditional Sentences

This paper is based on a small, qualitative study of probation officers’ perceptions of the supervision of offenders sentenced to a conditional sentence.

Book Reviews (5.1)

Doing Something About it: A Follow-Up Study of Sex Offenders Participating in Thames Valley Circles of Support and Accountability

The paper describes the establishment and first four years of operation of Thames Valley Circles of Support and Accountability (TVCOSA), an organisation which recruits and trains public volunteers into support groups for sex offenders released from prison back into the community.

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