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Professor Beth Weaver

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University of Strathclyde

  1. Focus on the person in front of you
  2. Stay curious and be open to learning
  3. Look beyond the confines of contemporary probation practice
It’s long been recognised that relationships – personal and professional – can make such a difference, but they do take time to build up; they require a level of interpersonal trust and they need to convey that mutual respect. So whatever time you do have, try and shut out the noise and focus on the person in front of you and what they need from you.

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Beth Weaver is Professor of Criminal and Social Justice in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, and Associate Dean [Knowledge Exchange], at the University of Strathclyde. She is also Associate Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR), and an appointed member of the Scottish Advisory Panel on Offender Rehabilitation (SAPOR).

Beth is actively engaged in a range of research networks, and has led on a number of research projects and knowledge exchange activities with specific interests in desistance, compliance, the collateral consequences of criminal records, user involvement and co-production, and the use of through-the-prison-gate social cooperative structures of employment. All her research has an applied focus on penal reform, and she had published widely on a range of subjects relating to criminal justice policies, practices, and research.

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