Probation Governance, Identity, and Practice: Making, Unmaking, Remaking

This book explores the making, unmaking, and remaking of the Probation Service in England and Wales. It draws on original, empirical data derived from 38 semi-structured interviews with staff from across the probation estate to scrutinise ongoing changes to probation governance, identity, and practice.

Matt Tidmarsh is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the School of Law, University of Leeds. His research interests are interdisciplinary, drawing from criminology, sociology, and penology - with a particular focus governance, identity, and practice in probation. Matt is the Co-Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Leeds.