Public Protection and the Criminal Justice Process,9780199289431

Public Protection and the Criminal Justice Process

by Nash, Mike
ISBN13: 9780199289431
ISBN10: 0199289433
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-07-06
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book is a practical and theoretical analysis of public protection and criminal justice. This area has seen immense change in recent years and the book examines the recent legislative, policy and organisational changes and their impact on the various agencies involved, including the police service and the probation service. The creation of MAPPA (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Panels), the major changes planned for the National Probation Service and the concept of "dangerousness" will all be discussed. The book is a practical and useful reference ideal reading for students and academics working in the area. It is also a useful reference for probation officers, police officers and policy makers.

Author Biography


Mike Nash is Deputy Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. He has taught students and practitioners units on dangerous offenders for a number of years. He has worked as a consultant to police and probation service on the subject of potential dangerousness. He has written and published widely on dangerousness, the probation service, and criminal justice policy. He is a former senior probation office who has worked in maximum security and lifer establishments. Blackstone Press published his first book, Police, Probation and Protecting the Public, in 1999.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations ix
Foreword xi
Mr David Scott
Introduction 1(10)
Trying to Understand Dangerousness
11(15)
Driving the Agenda 1---Sex Offenders and Sexual Crime
26(20)
Driving the Agenda 2---Behaviour Causing Concern
46(21)
Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
67(15)
A Look into the Future---Predicting the Risk of Serious Harm
82(23)
Legislating Against the Dangerous Offender
105(20)
Legislating for Constraint---Tightening Controls in the Community
125(22)
Working Together---Many Minds, One Voice?
147(18)
Managing Risk in the Community
165(11)
Dangerous Offender Versus the People---What Hope for Offender Rights?
176(18)
Conclusion---Where Next for Public Protection?
194(21)
APPENDICES
List of Relevant Legislative Developments in Public Protection
203(4)
List of Recent Relevant Probation Circulars
207(2)
A Synopsis of MAPPA Guidance
209(4)
A Worked Example of Risk Management (Source: MAPPA Guidance, Home Office 2004)
213(2)
References 215(10)
Index 225

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