On graduating in English Literature, Robert J. Harris spent a year teaching and researching at a Canadian University. He joined the Probation and After-Care Service in 1971, and worked for four years in the Tottenham office of the Middlesex Service. Between 1975 and 1977 he was a lecturer in Applied Social Studies at Brunel University, working also as a probation officer on a part-time basis. Since October 1977 he has been a lecturer in the School of Social Work, Leicester University.-https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article-abstract/7/4/433/1657746