Download or read book Balancing Public Safety and Social Work: An Analysis of Probation Officers' Frontline Practices in Belgium written by Mathias Sabbe and published by Presses universitaires de Louvain. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probation officers (POs) supervise citizens serving a sanction within the community under conditions restricting their liberty. This thesis proposes two empirical studies exploring the nature and conditions of officer-offender interactions during public service delivery in Belgium.