Public Protection and the Criminal Justice Process [Paperback]

This book is a practical and theoretical analysis of public protection and criminal justice. This area has seen immense change in recent years and the book examines the recent legislative, policy and organisational changes and their impact on the various agencies involved, including the police service and the probation service. The creation of MAPPA (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Panels), the major changes planned for the National Probation Service and the concept of dangerousness will all be discussed. The book is a practical and useful reference ideal reading for students and academics working in the area. It is also a useful reference for probation officers, police officers and policy makers.

Foreword by David Scott, Chief Officer, National Probation Service (London)
Glossary
Introduction
1. What is Dangerousness?
2. Behaviour causing concern
3. Assessment and Prediction
4. Driving the Agenda 1 - Sex Crimes
5. Driving the Agenda 2 - Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
6. Legislating for Protection
7. Legislating for Containment
8. Working Together to Manage Risk
9. Human Rights and Public Protection - No Contest?
10. Summary and Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Key Legislation and Home Office Circular References
Appendix 2 - Useful Web References

Mike Nash is Deputy Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. He has taught students and practitioners units on dangerous offenders for a number of years. He has worked as a consultant to police and probation service on the subject of potential dangerousness. He has written and published widely on dangerousness, the probation service, and criminal justice policy. He is a former senior probation office who has worked in maximum security and lifer establishments. Blackstone Press published his first book,Police, Probation andlÃ*