PUBLIC LECTURE: Centenary or Obituary? 100 Years of the Probation Service of England and Wales

Abstract: The National Probation Service of England and Wales is due to celebrate its centenary in 2007 but will it survive that long? Subjected to two major structural changes in the past five years and unprecedented recent media attention, is the internationally respected model for the non-custodial treatment of offenders in terminal decline? Co-author of 'Punishment in the Community: managing offenders, making choices' (Willan 2005) and former probation officer, Professor Anne Worrall argues that the demise of the National Probation Service has disproportionate implications for both criminal and social justice.

Biographical note: Anne Worrall is a Honorary Research Fellow at the Crime Research Centre, where she teaches courses on women and crime. She is a Professor of Criminology and Head of the School of Criminology, Education, Sociology and Social Work at Keele University, UK, having previously been a probation officer and then a Lecturer in Social Work at Manchester University. She has an extensive publications record, including Gender, Crime and Justice (Open University Press, 1987) co-edited with Pat Carlen, Offending Women (Routledge, 1990), Girls' Violence: Myths and Realities (SUNY Press, 2004) co-edited with Christine Alder from Melbourne University and Punishment in the Community (Willan, 2005), co-authored with Clare Hoy. She is a member of the Parole Board of England and Wales.

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