Privatising Probation: Is Transforming Rehabilitation the End of the Probation Ideal? - Softcover

Deering, John; Feilzer, Martina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447327284 ISBN 13: 9781447327288

Publisher: Policy Press, 2015

Synopsis

Over the past twenty years, England and Wales have witnessed many changes to probation governance aimed at shifting control to the central government. However, the changes introduced under the Coalition Government’s 2013 Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) agenda are unprecedented: probation  has been divided and partially privatized. This topical book looks at the attitudes of probation practitioners and managers toward the philosophy, values, and practicalities of TR. Based on a unique online survey of over 1,300 respondents that found practitioners were unequivocally opposed to TR’s broad aims and objectives, Privatising Probation provides unique insights into the true beliefs of probation staff and how they deliver these services. Including broader discussion of the privatization and marketization debate and placing the privatization of criminal justice services and questions of legitimacy and governance in context, this book is essential reading for everyone interested in the future of probation.

About this title

About the Author:

John Deering is a senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Wales. He is a coeditor of What Else Works: Creative Work with Offenders and Sex Offenders: Punish, Help, Change or Control?. Martina Feilzer is a senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at Bangor University.

Review:

“This captivating and important work intelligently evaluates the effects of Transforming Rehabilitation upon both the legitimacy and governance of the probation sector and the ethos and ideals of probation work.” (Katherine Williams, Aberystwyth University, UK)

“A very timely, interesting, and challenging study, the first to explore in depth staff concerns about Transforming Rehabilitation and its implications for probation values and practice.” (Mike Maguire, University of South Wales, UK)

“At a time of unprecedented change for probation this book provides thought-provoking responses from the inside. The research findings and critical analysis provide a unique vantage point which merits wide readership.” (Jill Annison, Plymouth University, UK)

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1447327284
• ISBN 13: 9781447327288
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112