Reshaping probation and prisons

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-86134-812-8
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 212 g

The Government has embarked on a programme of radical reform for the probation and prison services with the setting up of a National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The aim is to make the two services work more effectively together, and to promote private sector involvement in 'corrections' work.

This groundbreaking volume takes a critical look at the different aspects of the NOMS proposals, at a time when the Government is still working out the detail of its reforms. No other academic publication has scrutinised the NOMS proposals so closely.

Through six contributions from leading experts on probation and criminal justice the report identifies the risks attached to NOMS; assesses the prospects of success; provides ideas for reshaping government plans and  presents an authoritative critique of a set proposals that could go badly wrong.

The report will be crucial reading for politicians, civil servants and criminal justice managers. Senior probation and prison staff will find it of particular value.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hough, Mike

Allen, Rob

Padel, Una

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; NOMS and its relationship to crime reduction, public confidence and the new sentencing context ~ John W Raine; End-to-end or end in tears?: Prospects for the effectiveness of the National Offender Management Model ~ Peter Raynor and Mike Maguire; Keeping the lid on the prison population: will it work? ~ Carol Hedderman; NOMS, contestability and the process of technocorrectional innovation ~ Mike Nellis; Lessons from prison privatisation for probation ~ Alison Liebling; A modern service, fit for purpose? ~ David Faulkner; Endnote ~ Rob Allen and Mike Hough.

Über Autor(innen)

Hough, Mike
Mike Hough is Emeritus Professor at the School of Law at Birkbeck, University of London. He was President of the British Society of Criminology from 2008 until 2011, and he was awarded the European Society of Criminology Award for 2020, in recognition of his lifetime contribution to European criminology.

The three co-editors direct three centres based in the School of Law, King's College London. They have all published widely on criminal justice policy, and are recognised experts in the field.

Professor Mike Hough is Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy Research.

Rob Allen is Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies.

Una Padel is Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.