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This topical book uses the recent Dano Sonnex and Baby Peter cases to analyze the problems facing both probation and child protection under conditions of economic recession and public spending cuts.

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Foreword from Professor Shadd Maruna at Queen´s University, Belfast.Acknowledgements Introduction Media Responses Family, Community and Violence Political Responses and Inquiries The Demise of Probation and Social Service Practice Conclusions Bibliography Index

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WENDY FITZGIBBON is a Former Probation Officer, and is currently Reader in Criminology at London Metropolitan University, UK. Her previous publications include Pre-emptive Criminalisation: Risk Control And Alternative Futures.

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