The electronic back catalogue of the Probation Journal (1929—present) has recently become available via the publisher’s website (http://prb.sagepub.com/ archive/). This article provides a descriptive and analytical critique of portrayals of women probation officers and women offenders by drawing from the range of editions of the Probation Journal.
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Ameke, C. ( 1996) ‘Towards an Africentric Critique of the Criminal Justice System’, Probation Journal43(2): 77-9.
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Annison, J. ( 2007) ‘A Gendered Review of Change within the Probation Service’, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice46(2): 145-161.
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Batchelor, S. ( 2005) ‘"Prove me the Bam!": Victimization and Agency in the Lives of Young Women who Commit Violent Offences’, Probation Journal52(4): 358-75.
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Bochel, D. ( 1976) Probation and After-Care: Its Development in England and Wales. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
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Burnett, R. and F. McNeill ( 2005) ‘The Place of the Officer-Offender Relationship in Assisting Offenders to Desist from Crime’, Probation Journal52(3), 221-42. Carlen, P. (2008), cited in L. Burke (2008) ‘And the Winner is . . .’, Probation Journal55(3): 227.
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Cheston, L. ( 1996) ‘Where Are They Going to Live?’, Probation Journal43(2): 80-3.
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Chiqwada, R. ( 1989) ‘The Criminalisation and Imprisonment of Black Women’ , Probation Journal36(3), 100-5.
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Corston, J. ( 2007) A Report by Baroness Jean Corston of a Review of Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System. London: Home Office.
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Davies, C. and J. Rosser ( 1986) ‘Gendered Jobs in the Health Service: A Problem for Labour Process Analysis’, in D. Knights and H. Willmott (eds) Gender and the Labour Process, pp. 94-116. Aldershot: Gower.
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Davies, M. and G. Stewart ( 1987) ‘Prostitution and the Absolute Discharge Strategy’ , Probation Journal34(2): 51-3.
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Dominelli, L. ( 1984) ‘Differential Justice: Domestic Labour, Community Service and Female Offenders’, Probation Journal31(3): 100-3.
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Dubberley, S. ( 2007) ‘Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Home Office Publication Under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991-2004/05’ , Probation Journal54(2): 181.
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Dunn, P. ( 1996) ‘Sexuality: Is There a Hierarchy of Discrimination?’ , Probation Journal43(2): 64-9.
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Goulden, C. ( 2004) ‘Beyond a Drug Trafficking Offence: No Way Forward?’ , Probation Journal51(2): 155-63.
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Gregory, P. ( 1996) ‘Employment and the Probation Service: The Client Perspective’, Probation Journal43(2): 84-8.
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Hirst, G. ( 1996) ‘’Moving Forward’: How Did We Do That?’ , Probation Journal43(2): 58-63.
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Kay, S. ( 1993) ‘Judgements of Worth’, Probation Journal40(2): 60-5.
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Kelly, G. and B. Wilkinson ( 1993) ‘Personal Account’, Probation Journal40(2): 91-2.
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King, J. (ed.) (1969) The Probation and After-Care Service, 3rd Edition. London: Butterworth.
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Knight, C. ( 2007) ‘Why Choose the Probation Service?’, British Journal of Community Justice5(2): 55-70.
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McFarlane, M.A. ( 1993) ‘Women and Promotion’, Probation Journal40(2): 66-7.
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Malloch, M. ( 2004) ‘Missing Out: Gender, Drugs and Justice’, Probation Journal51(4): 295-308.
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Maruna, S., L. Porter and I. Carvalho ( 2004) ‘The Liverpool Desistance Study and Probation Practice: Opening the Dialogue’, Probation Journal51(3): 221-32.
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May, T. ( 1991) Probation: Politics, Policy and Practice. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
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May, T. and J. Annison ( 1998) ‘The De-Professionalization of Probation Officers’ , in P. Abbott and L. Meerabeau (eds) The Sociology of the Caring Professions , 2nd Edition, pp. 157-77. London: UCL Press.
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Meerabeau, L. ( 2005) ‘The Invisible (Inaudible) Woman: Nursing in the English Academy’, Gender, Work and Organization12(2): 124-46.
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Newburn, T. ( 2007) Criminology. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
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Petrillo, M. ( 2007) ‘Power Struggle: Gender Issues for Female Probation Officers in the Supervision of High Risk Offenders’, Probation Journal54(4): 394-406.
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Raynor, P. ( 2007) ‘Community Penalties: Probation, "What Works", and Offenders Management’, in M. Maguire , R. Morgan and R. Reiner (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 4th Edition, pp. 1061-99. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Vanstone, M. ( 2004) Supervising Offenders in the Community: A History of Probation Theory and Practice. Aldershot: Ashgate.
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White, S. ( 1989) ‘Mothers in Custody and the Punishment of Children’ , Probation Journal36(3): 106-9.
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Whitehead, P. and R. Statham ( 2006) The History of Probation: Politics, Power and Cultural Change 1876-2005. Crayford, Kent: Shaw & Sons.
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Worrall, A. ( 1981) ‘Out of Place: Female Offenders in Court’ , Probation Journal28(3): 90-3.
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Worrall, A. ( 2008) ‘Gender and Probation in the Second World War’ , Criminology & Criminal Justice8(3): 317-33.
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Worrall, A. and C. Hoy ( 2005) Punishment in the Community. Cullompton : Willan Publishing.
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Wright, L. and H. Kemshall ( 1994) ‘Feminist Probation Practice: Making Supervision Meaningful’, Probation Journal41(2): 73-80.
