This bulletin describes the research on supervision skills and offender engagement currently being carried out by Swansea University staff in collaboration with the Jersey Probation and After-Care Service. This is one of a number of studies done by Swansea researchers...
The conduct and effectiveness of parish hall enquires
Honorary service in Jersey has its origins in a feudal system of social organisation underpinned by the existence of the ‘fief’. The twelve parish structure became established in the 12th century, possibly earlier. Each parish provided a framework for ecclesiastical,...
The Origins and History of Jersey’s Honorary Police
This paper is based on research carried out in Jersey between 2002 and 2005 to evaluate the effectiveness of the unique system of Parish Hall Enquiries still in regular use there. The research was sponsored by Jersey’s ‘Building a Safer Society’ Strategy and the...
Risks, Needs and Re-offending: Evaluating the Impact of Community Sentences in Jersey
This report summarizes the main results of an analysis of data collected by the Jersey Probation and After-Care Service since the introduction of the Level of Service Inventory (Revised) (LSI-R, Andrews and Bonta 1995) as a new method of risk and need assessment to...
Community sentences in Jersey: Risk, Needs and Rehabilitation
This report summarizes the main results of an analysis of data collected by the Jersey Probation and After-Care Service since the introduction of the Level of Service Inventory (Revised) (LSI-R, Andrews and Bonta 1995) as a new method of risk and need assessment to...
Risk and need assessment in British probation: the contribution of LSI-R
From 1996 until about 2000 the Canadian Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI-R) was in use in a number of probation services in England and Wales, and it is still in use in the Jersey Probation and After-Care Service. This article reviews what has been learned...