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Kerstin Svensson

Kerstin Svensson

Professor

Kerstin Svensson

Signs of resistance? Swedish probation officers’ attitudes towards risk assessments

Author

  • Anders Persson
  • Kerstin Svensson

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.

Department/s

  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

95-107

Publication/Series

European Journal of Probation

Volume

3

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Social Work

Keywords

  • Pre-sentence reports
  • Probation officers
  • Professionalism
  • Risk assessment

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2066-2203