Rob Canton is Professor in Community and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, Leicester. Before joining De Montfort, Rob had worked for the Nottinghamshire Probation Service for some 20 years in a number of different roles. While working as a senior probation officer in the Home Office Student Unit, he was invited to become a visiting lecturer in criminology at the University of Nottingham and taught there for several years. Rob has contributed to probation development and general penal reform in more than ten different countries, mostly in Europe. His first such venture was as the rapporteur for the Council of Europe Committee for the Reform of the Russian Prison System. He has subsequently acted as a ‘Short Term Expert’ in a number of EU-funded projects (PHARE Programme) to develop penal policy and practice. His involvement has gone well beyond presentations in large meetings and has included detailed discussion with senior policymakers and managers in national penal systems, as well as some local practitioner training. He was co-opted to the Council of Penological Cooperation in the Council of Europe to develop the European Probation Rules (2007–10) and again in 2015–16 to revise the European Rules on Community Sanctions and Measures. He also acted as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee in its Inquiry into the Role of the Probation Service (2010–11). Rob has written a number of articles and book chapters, mostly about probation, although also about international work and policy transfer. He has co-edited two books: The Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management (with David Hancock, Willan, 2007) and Policy Transfer in Criminal Justice: Crossing Cultures, Breaking Barriers (with Mary Anne McFarlane, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). His book, Probation: Working with Offenders, was published by Routledge in 2011, and a second edition, Probation, written with Jane Dominey, came out at the end of 2017. Why Punish? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment was published by Palgrave Macmillan in June 2017.

Rob Canton is Professor in Community and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, Leicester. Before joining De Montfort, Rob had worked for the Nottinghamshire Probation Service for some 20 years in a number of different roles. While working as a senior probation officer in the Home Office Student Unit, he was invited to become a visiting lecturer in criminology at the University of Nottingham and taught there for several years. Rob has contributed to probation development and general penal reform in more than ten different countries, mostly in Europe. His first such venture was as the rapporteur for the Council of Europe Committee for the Reform of the Russian Prison System. He has subsequently acted as a ‘Short Term Expert’ in a number of EU-funded projects (PHARE Programme) to develop penal policy and practice. His involvement has gone well beyond presentations in large meetings and has included detailed discussion with senior policymakers and managers in national penal systems, as well as some local practitioner training. He was co-opted to the Council of Penological Cooperation in the Council of Europe to develop the European Probation Rules (2007–10) and again in 2015–16 to revise the European Rules on Community Sanctions and Measures. He also acted as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee in its Inquiry into the Role of the Probation Service (2010–11). Rob has written a number of articles and book chapters, mostly about probation, although also about international work and policy transfer. He has co-edited two books: The Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management (with David Hancock, Willan, 2007) and Policy Transfer in Criminal Justice: Crossing Cultures, Breaking Barriers (with Mary Anne McFarlane, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). His book, Probation: Working with Offenders, was published by Routledge in 2011, and a second edition, Probation, written with Jane Dominey, came out at the end of 2017. Why Punish? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment was published by Palgrave Macmillan in June 2017.

Sue Hall qualified as a probation officer in 1979 with her first job in Grimsby. Sue stayed with Humberside Probation Service for 20 years. She moved to West Yorkshire as Deputy Chief Officer in 2000 and has been a Chief Officer since 2004, working first in South Wales, then returning to West Yorkshire in 2005, where she is currently Chief Executive of the Trust. She received an OBE for services to probation in 2010. Throughout her career Sue has been very committed to strengthening the profile of probation as a profession. She was a founder member of the Probation Chiefs Association and has been Chair since 2009. She has sought to raise professional concerns in relation to the government’s Transforming Rehabilitation Programme, giving evidence on a number of occasions to the Justice Select Committee. Sue is a transitional director of the newly launched independent Probation Institute, which aims to develop a strong probation profession across the public, voluntary and private sectors and to become a centre of excellence. She also has an interest in international probation and believes that probation in England and Wales has much to learn from developments in Europe and the rest of the world. She has been a member of the Board of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) since 2010 and is currently Vice-President. She chaired the planning committee for the successful World Congress on Probation held in London in 2013. In July 2014, Sue will step down from her current post, following the dissolution of the West Yorkshire Probation Trust as part of the Transforming Rehabilitation Programme. Although she will be leaving the National Offender Management Service, she intends to continue supporting the development of the Probation Institute and promoting excellence in professional practice.

On Tuesday 27th June 2017, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 20th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture. The event took the format of an initial lecture by Fergus McNeill (Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow), entitled 'Helping, Holding and Hurting: A Dialogue about Penal Supervision'. Following this, there were short presentations by a former supervisee, a probation officer and a probation manager. There was then a panel discussion between the speakers (which was not recorded), followed by closing comments by Professor Rob Canton (Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University). The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Clarke Hall Fund and many welcome individual donations. This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.

On Tuesday 27th June 2017, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 20th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture. The event took the format of an initial lecture by Fergus McNeill (Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow), entitled 'Helping, Holding and Hurting: A Dialogue about Penal Supervision'. Following this, there were short presentations by a former supervisee, a probation officer and a probation manager. There was then a panel discussion between the speakers (which was not recorded), followed by closing comments by Professor Rob Canton (Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University). The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Clarke Hall Fund and many welcome individual donations.

On Monday 20th June 2016, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 19th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture. The lecture was delivered by Vivian Geiran, Director of the Irish Probation Service. Mr Geiran spoke on the topic 'Penal Reform and Probation in Europe: Positive Change of Direction, 'Nudges to the Rudder' or 'Steady as She Goes'?'. The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE. This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.

On Monday 20th June 2016, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 19th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture. The lecture was delivered by Vivian Geiran, Director of the Irish Probation Service. Mr Geiran spoke on the topic 'Penal Reform and Probation in Europe: Positive Change of Direction, 'Nudges to the Rudder' or 'Steady as She Goes'?'. The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE.

Anne Worrall qualified as a probation officer in 1972 and worked in Stoke on Trent for nearly ten years before taking up the post of Lecturer in Social Work, first at Manchester University and later at Keele University, being responsible for the Home Office funded probation stream of the CQSW and DipSW programmes at both institutions. In 1993 she moved to the Department of Criminology at Keele and became Professor of Criminology in 2003. She retired from full-time work in 2009 but continues to carry out research on a part-time basis. Anne was a member of the Board of Visitors (now Independent Monitoring Board) at Drake Hall women's prison for ten years and a member of the Parole Board of England and Wales from 2001 to 2007. She has held honorary teaching and research posts at the University of Western Australia in Perth for the past 15 years. She has two overlapping research interests. Her PhD thesis and subsequent book Offending Women (1990), were concerned with female offenders' experiences of the criminal justice system. Anne has collaborated with Pat Carlen on a number of research projects and publications relating to women in prison. Anne has also written widely about the politics and practices of the Probation Service, including Punishment in the Community (1997 and 2005 with Clare Hoy). More recently, she has worked with Rob Mawby, first evaluating Prolific Offender Projects and then researching the occupational cultures of probation workers (ESRC funded), leading to Doing Probation Work (2013). Anne's most recent research has been an evaluation of North Staffordshire Integrated Offender Management programme undertaken with Mary Corcoran.

Paul Senior became Professor of Probation Studies in 1996 following a career in probation from 1977 to 1994, which included 11 years as a joint appointment between South Yorkshire Probation and Sheffield Hallam University. He was co-editor of the three-volume, fifth edition, of Jarvis from 1992. As a freelance consultant, Paul's extensive engagement in probation training secured, in 1997, a key role in its revision, creating the structure and curriculum for the new, graduate level, Diploma in Probation Studies. In 2002, having developed a robust criminology and community justice presence within Sheffield Hallam University, Paul started the Hallam Centre for Community Justice, a contract research centre specialising in offender management, resettlement and restorative justice, where he is now Director. Paul launched the Community Justice Portal (http://www.cjp.org.uk) providing an online information exchange facility in 2002, which also saw the creation of the international journal, the British Journal of Community Justice in a partnership between Hallam and de Montfort universities, which he continues to co-edit. Paul's career has thus been linked to policy, practice and research in and around probation and with probation partners in criminal justice. He has written on many aspects of probation practice and community justice and two recent books include Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice (2007) with Crowther-Dowey and Long and Moments in Probation (2008). His association of 38 years with probation has seen Paul engaged as a practitioner, manager, trainer, consultant, researcher, advisor and policy developer in the UK and in Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Paul Senior became Professor of Probation Studies in 1996 following a career in probation from 1977 to 1994, which included 11 years as a joint appointment between South Yorkshire Probation and Sheffield Hallam University. He was co-editor of the three-volume, fifth edition, of Jarvis from 1992. As a freelance consultant, Paul's extensive engagement in probation training secured, in 1997, a key role in its revision, creating the structure and curriculum for the new, graduate level, Diploma in Probation Studies. In 2002, having developed a robust criminology and community justice presence within Sheffield Hallam University, Paul started the Hallam Centre for Community Justice, a contract research centre specialising in offender management, resettlement and restorative justice, where he is now Director. Paul launched the Community Justice Portal (http://www.cjp.org.uk) providing an online information exchange facility in 2002, which also saw the creation of the international journal, the British Journal of Community Justice in a partnership between Hallam and de Montfort universities, which he continues to co-edit. Paul's career has thus been linked to policy, practice and research in and around probation and with probation partners in criminal justice. He has written on many aspects of probation practice and community justice and two recent books include Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice (2007) with Crowther-Dowey and Long and Moments in Probation (2008). His association of 38 years with probation has seen Paul engaged as a practitioner, manager, trainer, consultant, researcher, advisor and policy developer in the UK and in Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore.

On Thursday 22nd March 2012, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held a special public seminar which comprised a panel discussion based on the central topic of "The English Riots in 2011: A Discussion from Different Criminological Perspectives". The topics were: Part 1: Friedrich Lösel: Introduction to the Topic; Part 2: Ben Crewe: The Riots from a Socio-Cultural Perspective; Part 3: Lawrence Sherman: The Riots and the Police; Part 4: Alison Liebling: The Riots from Prisoners' Perspectives; Part 5: Loraine Gelsthorpe: The Riots and Criminal Justice/Sentencing; Part 6: Dexter Dias: Commentary on the Film 'Riot Went Wrong'; More information about this seminar, and the Institute generally, can be found at the IOC website at http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/ This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.