Probation Governance, Identity, and Practice: Making, Unmaking, Remaking - Book Launch

This event launches Matt Tidmarsh's recently published monograph, Probation Governance, Identity, and Practice: Making, Unmaking, Remaking (Routledge Press).

Matt Tidmarsh will be joined by Matthew Millings, Professor of Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University.

Dr Matt Tidmarsh (School of Law, University of Leeds) – Matt Tidmarsh is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the School of Law, University of Leeds. His research interests are interdisciplinary, drawing from criminology, sociology, and penology – with a particular focus governance, identity, and practice in probation. Matt is the Co-Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Leeds.

Professor Matthew Millings (School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University) – Matthew Millings is a Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Justice Studies. As Principal Investigator, Matthew has recently (2021-2025) led a three-year ESRC funded project titled ‘Rehabilitating Probation: Rebuilding culture, identify and legitimacy in a reformed public service’ (Ref ES/W001101/1). The project captured the experiences and consequences of the reunification of probation services in England and Wales in 2021 at local, regional and national levels; and from a range of perspectives, both internal and external to the probation service, see project website here.