Chapters

• The Role of Probation Services & Officers in Preventing (Re)Incarceration: Help on Release, Conflict Resolution and Working Together with the Authorities
• Aims of session
• Resources
• Some bases for probation work
• Recurrent Themes & Challenges
• Council of Europe Standards / Recommendations
• CoE Standards / Recommendations - continued
• Role of Probation Agencies
• General points
• Tasks of Probation Agencies (CoE Rules)
• General points
• Organisation of Probation Agencies
• General points
• Ireland
• Irish Criminal Justice System
• Probation Service today – Overview
• Daily Stats – December 2021
• Probation in numbers (2020)
• History of Probation in Ireland
• Probation Role
• What Probation Does
• Some Legal Issues
• Probation Service: Client Process journey
• Case Management Plan
• Approaches to Probation Practice
• Process of Supervision
• Dual Role: Helper vs Controller
• Probation Values & Principles
• Challenges
• Ireland: Some Practice Developments
• And finally…
• References
• References - Websites and Web-Based Resources
• Evolving Trends in Crime and Responses
• Key Summary Points