'Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?': Paul Senior

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Description:	On Tuesday 25th June 2013, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 16th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture. The lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Senior, Director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice in Sheffield. Professor Senior spoke on the topic "Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?". The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE.

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On Tuesday 25th June 2013, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 16th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture.

The lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Senior, Director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice in Sheffield. Professor Senior spoke on the topic "Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?".

The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE.


Created:	2013-06-27 10:28
Collection:	Institute of Criminology MOVED Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law MOVED
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	Mr D.J. Bates
Language:	eng (English)
Keywords:	Probation; Reform; Criminology; Penology; Supervision; Prison; Sentencing;


Abstract:	Paul Senior became Professor of Probation Studies in 1996 following a career in probation from 1977 to 1994, which included 11 years as a joint appointment between South Yorkshire Probation and Sheffield Hallam University. He was co-editor of the three-volume, fifth edition, of Jarvis from 1992. As a freelance consultant, Paul's extensive engagement in probation training secured, in 1997, a key role in its revision, creating the structure and curriculum for the new, graduate level, Diploma in Probation Studies. In 2002, having developed a robust criminology and community justice presence within Sheffield Hallam University, Paul started the Hallam Centre for Community Justice, a contract research centre specialising in offender management, resettlement and restorative justice, where he is now Director. Paul launched the Community Justice Portal (http://www.cjp.org.uk) providing an online information exchange facility in 2002, which also saw the creation of the international journal, the British Journal of Community Justice in a partnership between Hallam and de Montfort universities, which he continues to co-edit. Paul's career has thus been linked to policy, practice and research in and around probation and with probation partners in criminal justice. He has written on many aspects of probation practice and community justice and two recent books include Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice (2007) with Crowther-Dowey and Long and Moments in Probation (2008). His association of 38 years with probation has seen Paul engaged as a practitioner, manager, trainer, consultant, researcher, advisor and policy developer in the UK and in Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Paul Senior became Professor of Probation Studies in 1996 following a career in probation from 1977 to 1994, which included 11 years as a joint appointment between South Yorkshire Probation and Sheffield Hallam University. He was co-editor of the three-volume, fifth edition, of Jarvis from 1992. As a freelance consultant, Paul's extensive engagement in probation training secured, in 1997, a key role in its revision, creating the structure and curriculum for the new, graduate level, Diploma in Probation Studies. In 2002, having developed a robust criminology and community justice presence within Sheffield Hallam University, Paul started the Hallam Centre for Community Justice, a contract research centre specialising in offender management, resettlement and restorative justice, where he is now Director. Paul launched the Community Justice Portal (http://www.cjp.org.uk) providing an online information exchange facility in 2002, which also saw the creation of the international journal, the British Journal of Community Justice in a partnership between Hallam and de Montfort universities, which he continues to co-edit. Paul's career has thus been linked to policy, practice and research in and around probation and with probation partners in criminal justice. He has written on many aspects of probation practice and community justice and two recent books include Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice (2007) with Crowther-Dowey and Long and Moments in Probation (2008). His association of 38 years with probation has seen Paul engaged as a practitioner, manager, trainer, consultant, researcher, advisor and policy developer in the UK and in Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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