Risk in Probation Practice

Hazel Kempshall

Part 1. Methodology and Context. 1. Researching Risk in Probation Practice: Methodology. 2. What is Risk? 3. Social Theories of Risk: Implications for the Probation Service. 4. The Changing Nature of Probation: the Origins of Risk. Part 2. Risk Differences. 5. Vignettes on Risk: Values and Knowledge in Risk Assessment. 6. Risk and Practice Wisdom: the State of the Art. 7. Developing Critical Awareness of Decision Making. 8. Risk Decision Making in the Field: an Explanatory Model. Part 3. Reconciling Risk Differences: Optimum Risk Management Systems. 9. Approaches to Risk Management. 10. The Precautionary Principle and Insurance Systems for Offender Risk. 11. Risk and Social Regulation.