Advancing Corrections Journal - Edition #20 - Scholarly Reflections on Core Considerations for Correctional Practice | Article 21 (ACJ20-A021)
Abstract
This article explores the role of hope in probation practice, drawing on a qualitative study of hope in probation, we reflect on key considerations for modern correctional policy. We start by arguing that whilst hope can be understood as a psychological construct it can also take moral and political forms that can shape correctional legitimacy for both practitioners and people on probation. If probation services want to truly be institutions of hope then we suggest that it is these more social forms of hope which they should focus on.
Keywords: probation; hope; correctional policy; legitimacy
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