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This page brings together recent news, reports, articles, and commentary relevant to probation, rehabilitation, and community justice.

 
 

Latest News

The content includes both Probation Institute updates and selected external publications, chosen to support professional awareness, learning, and informed debate.

Items listed here do not necessarily represent formal positions of the Probation Institute, these are set out separately in our Position Papers, but reflect developments and discussions shaping the field.  

The News page is updated regularly to reflect developments across probation, rehabilitation, research, and practice.

 
The ‘pains of probation’ on young adult males with a sexual conviction - an exploratory study
The ‘pains of probation’ on young adult males with a sexual conviction - an exploratory study

Hannah Darby’s study aims to understand how demographic variations and offence shape community punishment experiences.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
The point of no return? Exploring why people leave the probation service
The point of no return? Exploring why people leave the probation service

Laura Haggar and Michelle McDermott explore the under-researched but important area of probation staff attrition.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Professional Curiosity: How do you know what you don’t know?
Professional Curiosity: How do you know what you don’t know?

Senior Lecturers in Community Justice share reflections, identifying factors and conditions that are fundamental for a practice culture of professional curiosity.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Learning from deaths under probation supervision
Learning from deaths under probation supervision

Karen Slade, Thom Baguley and Lucy Justice discuss their recent study.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Review of: Probation, Mental Health and Criminal Justice: Towards Equivalence
Review of: Probation, Mental Health and Criminal Justice: Towards Equivalence

Reviewed by Andrew Fowler, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Sheffield Hallam University.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
When summary justice and procedural fairness collide
When summary justice and procedural fairness collide

Mike Guilfoyle shares some personal perspectives on the inherent challenges that are embedded in daily courtroom practice.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Men, Trauma and Probation – an overlooked population?
Men, Trauma and Probation – an overlooked population?

Laura Sanders highlights how trauma-informed approaches have been adopted and applied differentially to men and women on probation.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
An introduction to the Guernsey Probation Service
An introduction to the Guernsey Probation Service

Debbie Golden and Summer Machon share their insights into the Probation Service in Guernsey.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Building a network for British Overseas Territories and remote/rural probation provisions
Building a network for British Overseas Territories and remote/rural probation provisions

Fiona Campbell, Laura Aston and Nicola Robinson discuss the 5th World Congress on Probation and Parole.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Desistance and Practice: Where does the Experience stop, and Practice begin?
Desistance and Practice: Where does the Experience stop, and Practice begin?

Andi Brierley articulates the complexity of lived experience in criminal justice practice.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
PQ28 Editorial
PQ28 Editorial

Jake Phillips, Editor of Probation Quarterly, shares his thoughts on the key themes of PQ28.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Probation Quarterly Issue 28 published today
Probation Quarterly Issue 28 published today

We are delighted to publish PQ28 today, with submissions from academics, practitioners, people with lived experience and the voluntary sector.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
Delivering prison and probation services in Wales: a view from the leaders
Delivering prison and probation services in Wales: a view from the leaders

Research by Jake Thirkell, Programme Manager from HMPPS.

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Richard Rowley8 June 2023
25th Annual Bill McWilliams Lecture
25th Annual Bill McWilliams Lecture

We're pleased to promote the Bill McWilliams lecture at the Institute for Criminology at the University of Cambridge.

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Richard Rowley5 June 2023
Chief Inspector's blog: using failure to drive transformational change
Chief Inspector's blog: using failure to drive transformational change

Recent blog by Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

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Richard Rowley31 May 2023
Restricted status children and prisoners held in women’s establishments
Restricted status children and prisoners held in women’s establishments

Recent report from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

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Richard Rowley23 May 2023
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