Police, Probation and Protecting the Public Book

After the transition from Conservative to Labour government, public protection remains a priority for law and order agencies, and is likely to become increasingly significant as a key target for police and probation services. This text explores the impact of the public protection agenda for those agencies and assesses their attempts to develop workable practice in an area clouded by uncertainty and high emotion. Government policy, which has encouraged the co-operation of the police and probation services, is explored.;Consideration is also given to the type of offender chosen for the "conferences", the vehicle of multi-agency co-operation: What is dangerous? Who becomes a dangerous person? What type of behaviour is likely to trigger agencies into action? The potential impact of this development on civil rights is discussed in depth. Real cases are used throughout to contribute to the discussion and a comparative analysis of developments in North America is also included.Read More