Human Rights in Probation

Theory, Practice and Balance

Kyros Hadjisergis

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Routledge
01 August 2024

Society & culture: general; Probation services; Criminology: legal aspects; Criminal justice law; Sentencing & punishment

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

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.

Outlining how the duties of probation officers are interpreted in light of the HRA, this book evaluates applicable case law as a means to exemplify and clarify the direct operation of human rights law in instances of potential human rights violations. Chapters also analyse the current and future infrastructure of probation to demonstrate challenges of awareness, implementation and compliance. Based on qualitative data analysed through a socio-legal lens and a human rights framework, themes explored include crime control and due process, and 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 shed light on 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 laws apply alongside the HRA, and how these decisions 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 academics of probation, criminal justice, and human rights. It will also be of value to Probation officers (including trainees) and other practitioners working in offender management services.

By: Kyros Hadjisergis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032124636
ISBN 10: 1032124636
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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 Scales of Human Rights PART V: CONCLUSION 11. Summary and Recommendations

Kyros Hadjisergis is a 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, human trafficking, and has expertise in qualitative research methods. His wider 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.