Probation and the Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain, 1907-1962 (Hardcover)

Louise Settle

ISBN 10: 1350233455 / ISBN 13: 9781350233454

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2022

Beschreibung

Hardcover. In 1907 the Probation of Offenders Act introduced a system which allowed offenders to be rehabilitated at home under supervision, rather than being sent to prison. This book explores how the probation system was used to regulate the private lives, emotions and behaviours of people in Britain between 1907 and 1962.Access to the private sphere, both physically and psychologically, meant that the probation system was particularly well-suited to offences related to intimate and personal relations. With each chapter focusing on a particular type of offence, including wife assault, attempted suicide, male sexual offences and female prostitution, Settle shows how experiences of the probationers were shaped by the everyday practices of probation, and assesses the extent to which probation was successful in rehabilitating offenders and protecting the public. Also examining the role of probation officers in marriage reconciliation, the book explores how ideas about gender and domesticity were crucial to both the process of rehabilitation and the endeavour to make the home a safe environment in which these domestic ideals could come into fruition. Probation and Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain enriches our understanding of the role of the state in policing, monitoring and promoting the well-being of its citizens, and explores the nuances of probations dual purpose as a form of social control as well as a social work service designed to help the most vulnerable in society. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781350233454

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Probation and the Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain, 1907-1962 (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1350233455
• ISBN-13: 9781350233454
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

A history of the policing of private lives and the use of probation to rehabilitate offenders in Britain from 1907 to 1967

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Louise Settle is a researcher at The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has previously held two postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh, and the Institute for Advanced Social Research, Tampere, Finland