Human Rights in Probation

Auteur

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.

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Exploring the application, theory, implications and socio-legal underpinnings of human rights in probation and associated offender management, this book examines the organisation and re-organization of the National Probation Service, from the introduction of the Human Rights Act (HRA) to the end of the Transforming Rehabilitation era.

Résumé

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 applicable principles and case law as a means to present and exemplify the direct operation of human rights law in probation and instances of human rights interferences. Chapters also discuss the infrastructure of Probation to demonstrate challenges of awareness, implementation, and compliance. Based on qualitative studies analysed through a socio-legal lens and the relevant human rights framework, key themes explored include Crime Control and Due Process, which are reflective of the tensions and imbalances experienced between risk or public protection and human rights. The book also includes case studies of Serious Further Offences that have either revealed the shortcomings in the area of human rights in probation or highlighted factors linked to human rights, including scapegoating, cumulative systemic failures, miscommunications, and over-reliance on risk assessments. Finally, it provides clarity as to what the human rights duties of the Service are, what relevant policies may apply alongside the HRA, and how court decisions may affect risk and offender management.

An important and timely study of probation in England and Wales, Human Rights in Probation will be of great interest to students and academics in probation studies, criminology and criminal justice, and human rights. It will also be of value to Probation Officers (including trainees) and other practitioners working in offender management services.

Contenu

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