Punishment Under Pressure

Arguing that while certain aspects of the probation service community developments are suitable for addressing social problems in inner city areas, progressive probation practices retain innovatory status. The book examines the construction and presentation of Social Inquiry Reports, anti-racisim, group work, probation clients and unemployment, the disproportionate number of black people in custodial institutions and inter-agency work. The book should be of interest to social policy analysts, criminologists, probation managers and practitioners, urban sociologists and social work academics and students.