UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

TITLES AVAILABLE FROM THE CENTRE FOR CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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*	Probation Partnerships: A Study of Roles, Relationships and 
Meanings by Anita Gibbs (1998), Probation Studies Unit Report No. 7, 
ISBN 0 94 7811 13 3(£10.00, pages: 70).
This report gives an overview of a range of formal and informal
relationships between the probation service and voluntary organisations and
highlights models of good practice that can be distilled from such studies.

*	New Politics, New Probation? Proceedings of the Probation Studies Unit
Second Colloquium edited by David Faulkner and Anita Gibbs (1998), Probation
Studies Unit Report No. 6, ISBN 0 947811 17 6 (£15.00, pages:125).
The colloquium examines the changing political, social and financial context
in which the probation service operates, and the options, opportunities and
constraints that the present context - social, political and professional -
presented for the service's future development.

*	Bullying in Prisons by Ian O'Donnell and Kimmett Edgar (1998), Occasional
Paper No. 18, ISBN 0947811 11 7 (£15.50, pages: 103).
This research monograph focuses on victimisation and bullying in prisons and
Young Offender Institutions in England. It sheds light on the techniques
used by some prisoners to victimise others, and presents recommendations for
creating safer prison environments.

*	Increasing the Employability of Offenders: An Inquiry into Probation
Service Effectiveness by Andrew Bridges (1998), Probation Studies Unit
Report No. 5, ISBN 0 947811 12 5 (£7.50, pages: 34).
This study examines the extent to which probation services can increase the
employability of offenders and thus contribute to crime prevention. The
author concludes that much more could be done by the probation service to
assist offenders under probation supervision to find work.

*	Straight Thinking on Probation (STOP): The Mid Glamorgan Experiment by
Peter Raynor and Maurice Vanstone (1997), Probation Studies Unit Report No.
4, ISBN 094781115 X (£12.50, pages: 70).
In 1991 the Mid Glamorgan Probation Service introduced the STOP programme
(Straight Thinking On Probation) both as a rehabilitative form of probation
for persistent offenders and as a vehicle to reinforce a focus on
effectiveness in the local practice culture. This report brings together all
the findings from a systematic evaluation of the project.

*	The Probation Service: Responding to Change. Proceedings of the Probation
Studies Unit First Colloquium edited by Ros Burnett (1997), Probation
Studies Unit Report No. 3, ISBN 0947811 14 1 (£14.00 pages: 144).
The colloquium examined the context in which the probation service will have
to operate over the next few years; developments in the service's
professional and managerial culture; and the operational framework set by
the government, the courts and the probation service.

*	Victims with Learning Disabilities: Negotiating the Criminal Justice
System by Andrew Sanders, Jane Creaton, Sophia Bird and Leanne Weber (1997),
Occasional Paper No. 17, ISBN 0 947811 10 9 (£14.50, pages: 99).
This paper examines the problems experienced by victims with learning
disabilities, and suggests reforms which would not undermine safeguards for
suspects and defendants.

*	Victim-Offender Mediation: Limitations and Potential by Gwen Robinson
(1996), Probation Studies Unit Report No. 2, ISBN 0 947811 09 5 (£7.50,
pages: 37.)
This paper: discusses the changing relationships between victims, offenders
and the state; explores the development of victim-offender mediation in the
context of the emergence of ideas about 'restorative justice'; identifies a
range of 'models', and considers the future potential of victim-offender
mediation.

*	A System for Evaluating Probation Practice: Report of a method devised and
piloted by the Oxford Probation Studies Unit and Warwickshire Probation
Service by Colin Roberts, Ros Burnett, Alan Kirby and Heather Hamill (1996),
Probation Studies Unit Report No. 1, ISBN 0 947811 08 7 (£13.50 , pages:
70.).
This report describes a pilot project to set up a methodical and consistent
means of collecting information in order to identify how probation
interventions influence outcomes.

*	Paroling with New Criteria: Evaluating the Impact and Effects of Changes
in the Parole System: Phase Two by Roger Hood and Stephen Shute (1995),
Occasional Paper No. 16, ISBN 0 947811 07 9 (£10.50, pages: 58.
This paper examines parole decision making under the new criteria introduced
in October 1992 and compares the resulting 'paroling rate' and impact on the
prison population with the 'baseline' established in Phase One of the study.

*	Armed Robbery: A Study in London by Shona Morrison and Ian O'Donnell
(1994), Occasional Paper No. 15, ISBN 0 947811 05 2 (£12.50, pages: 95).
This paper reports the first survey of serious armed robbery in London to be
published for over 25 years. Using data collected from police records and
in-depth interviews with incarcerated armed robbers, it explores the nature
and dynamics of armed robbery.

*	Reported and Unreported Racial Incidents in Prisons by Ros Burnett and
Graham Farrell (1994), Occasional Paper No. 14, ISBN 0 94 7811 04 4 (£12.50,
pages: 77).
This paper summarises the findings of a report to the Home Office which
investigated whether there was evidence of under reporting of racial
incidents occurring in prisons, and the factors which may affect the
reporting and recording of such incidents.

* 	Parole in Transition: Evaluating the Impact and Effects of Changes in the
Parole System: Phase One, Establishing the Base-Line by Roger Hood and
Stephen Shute (1994), Occasional Paper No. 13, ISBN 0 947811 04 4 (£10,
pages: 89).
This paper reports the first phase of a longitudinal study which aims to
monitor and evaluate the changes in the parole system introduced by the
Criminal Justice Act 1991.

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