The Golden Age of Probation

Mission v Market

Roger Statham

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Waterside Press
24 September 2014

Probation services; Civil service & public sector

A lively and challenging collection of writings by those at the very heart of the Probation Service for 50-years. Complete with descriptions of life at all levels of what has been described as the 'jewel in the crown' of criminal justice. Moral and other challenges are presented alongside those of standing-up to government Ministers whose aspirations for 'political immortality' have led to profound tensions. The book describes how tough talk and market-strategies have undermined 100-years of devoted public service and ideas about how best to help change the lives of some of the most marginalised people in society. Equality, race and social deprivation are amongst the issues explored as the ethos of probation and its deeply-rooted values are laid bare in a book that deals with highs and lows, hazards, innovation, hopes, aims and the international influence of an organization whose original mission (not always popular) was to 'advise, assist and befriend' those otherwise heading for prison and a life of crime.

Colourful and highly readable, The Golden Age of Probation takes the reader on a journey through England and Wales exposing social disadvantage, unrest and increasingly London-centric policies. It records first-hand what life was like for those at the sharp end during an era of extensive progress, development and change.

Edited by: Roger Statham
Imprint: Waterside Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781909976146
ISBN 10: 1909976148
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 24 September 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

After becoming a probation officer in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1960s the editor Roger Statham rose through the ranks to become Chief Probation Officer for Teesside. He is joint secretary of the Association of Retired Chief Officers and Inspectors of Probation. The book contains contributions by 20 members and associates of that body.

Reviews for The Golden Age of Probation: Mission v Market

'A timely resource because it revives historical memory on the origins and core principles of what probation should be'- Journal of Community Corrections; 'A lived consciousness from a group of witnesses, reflectively composed by the supervisory and managerial guardians of a historico-cultural tradition within the criminal justice system that has been systematically dismantled by a petty politics of disavowal by governments since the 1990s... For those interested in plotting a recent history of probation and criminal justice transformation, this book provides personal testimony from those who occupied senior positions'- The Howard Journal; 'We also hope all candidates for election in 2015 read this book and stop mucking up the criminal justice process further if elected'- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers. The author, playwright and actor Alan Bennett contributed the Foreword after recording elsewhere his thoughts on certain responsibilities remaining in public hands: 'The notion that probation, which is intended to help those who have fallen foul of the law, should make a profit for shareholders seems beyond satire.' Diary, 2013. 'The rewards of probation - are human profits and nothing to do with balance sheets.' Cambridge Sermon, 2014.