Books written by Rob Canton

  • Why Punish?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment
    Why Punish?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment

    Why Punish? challenges criminology and criminal justice students as well as policy makers, judges, magistrates and criminal justice practitioners to think more critically about the role of punishment and the moral principles that underpin ...

  • Probation
    Probation

    Dorling, D., Gordon, D., Hillyard, P., Pantazis, C., Pemberton, S. and Tombs S. (2008) Criminal obsessions: Why harm matters more than crime (2nd edn), London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

  • Probation: Working With Offenders
    Probation: Working With Offenders

    This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the work of the probation service.

  • Probation: Working With Offenders
    Probation: Working With Offenders

    This title presents an account of contemporary probation policy and practice. It also offers an account of probation's history, its values and its principal tasks. It is suitable for the students of probation, and for general readers.

  • Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management
    Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management

    There is also a close relationship between identifying persistent and/or serious offenders and identifying high-risk ... S. (2006) Managing Persistent and Serious Offenders in the Community: Community Programmes in Theory and Practice.

  • Probation
    Probation

    This title presents an account of contemporary probation policy and practice. It also offers an account of probation's history, its values and its principal tasks. It is suitable for the students of probation, and for general readers.

  • Why Punish?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment
    Why Punish?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment

    Why Punish? challenges criminology and criminal justice students as well as policy makers, judges, magistrates and criminal justice practitioners to think more critically about the role of punishment and the moral principles that underpin ...

  • Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management
    Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management

    ... remands in custody« (Haines and Octigan 1998). Notwithstanding this, remand services continueto be vulnerableto ... Reducing Remands in Custody: TheProbation Service andRemand Service.London: ACOP. Andrews,D.(1995) aThe psychology of ...