Introduction: how should we treat offenders and what can we learn from the past? -- The early history of punishing offenders: punishments and help offered to those incarcerated -- The probation service from its inception until 1984: from rescuing the fallen to a centrally managed organization -- The probation service after 1984: from social work to social control and punishment -- Deconstructing national standards for the supervision of offenders in the community -- Views of front-line staff -- After-care and resettlement in the London probation service (1965-1990) -- Through-care and after-care of offenders by the National offender management service -- Issues around rehabilitation

1. Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain
2. Ex-convicts -- Services for -- Great Britain
3. Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- Great Britain