A great deal has been written about the political, policy and
practice changes that have shaped probation work but little has
been written on the changes to occupational cultures and the ways
in which probation workers themselves view their role. This book
fills that gap by exploring the meaning of 'doing probation work'
from the perspective of probation workers themselves.
Based on 60 extensive interviews with probation workers who
joined the probation service from the 1960s to the present day,
this book reaches beyond criminological and policy analysis to an
application of sociological and organizational theory to rich
qualitative data. It explores the backgrounds and motivations of
probation workers, their changing relationships with other criminal
justice agencies, and the complex public perceptions and media
representations of probation work. The book considers the relative
influences of religion, the union, diversity and feminization and,
while it acknowledges that probation work is stressful, it draws
innovatively on sociological and organizational concepts to
categorize how workers respond to turbulent times.
This book challenges the dominant narrative of probation's
decline in recent literature and constructs three 'ideal types' of
probation worker - 'lifers', 'second careerists' and 'offender
managers.' Each makes an essential contribution to probation
cultures, which collectively contribute to, rather than undermine,
the effectiveness of offender management and the future of
probation work. This book will be important reading for researchers
in the disciplines of criminology, criminal justice, sociology and
management as well as probation workers of all grades and those in
training.
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