Signs of resistance? Swedish probation officers’ attitudes towards risk assessments
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Summary, in English
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has been influenced by the „What Works‟ agenda since the late 1990‟s and an orientation towards risk and risk management has gradually become visible in the organization. But there is, within the probation service, a discrepancy between two types of logics – an organizational logic and a professional logic. Although guidelines prescribe the use of risk-assessment tools, they are in reality seldom used by practitioners. Through an examination of the reasons given by the probation officers who expressed doubts or concerns about the risk-concept, we question whether this could be seen as signs of resistance based on professional logic.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
95-107
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Probation
Volym
3
Issue
3
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Social Work
Nyckelord
- Pre-sentence reports
- Probation officers
- Professionalism
- Risk assessment
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2066-2203