Racism and AntiRacism in Probation Author:David Denney In this study, David Denney analyzes how the probation service typically treats blacks differently from whites. Denney suggests that little systematic attention has been given to the nature of the relationship between probation officers' practice and the complex meanings which underlie probation intervention with black and white offenders. Drawi... more »ng upon ethnographic material and his past experience as a probation officer, Denney considers the affects of recent changes in penal policy on the development of probation work with blacks.« less