Racism And Anti-racism In Probation

The underlying assumptions and perceptions of probation officers to "race" are crucial in understanding the nature of the service offered to black offenders. "Racism and Anti-Racism in Probation" analyzes the complex processes through which black people are differentially treated by the probation service. David Denney suggests that little systematic attention has been given to the nature of the relationship between probation officers' perceptions of offending, probation practice, and the complex meanings which underlie probation intervention with black and white offenders.
Drawing on ethnographic material as well as on his own past experience as a probation officer, Denney considers the implication of recent changes in penal policy on the development of probation work with black people. "Racism and" "Anti-Racism in Probation" offers an analysis of anti-racist training and discusses how future developments may lead to an anti-racist form of probation practice.