Travelling in the wrong direction? A critical commentary on the consultation paper Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence

The Ministry of Justice’s Consultation Paper - Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence - launched by Justice Secretary David Gauke in July 2018, represents a revisionist view of the recent history of the probation service in which many of its assertions are incoherent, disingenuous and disconne...

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Authors: Burke, Lol (Author) ; Collett, Steve (Author) ; Murray, Peter (Author) ; Stafford, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Probation journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 439-446
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Transforming Rehabilitation
Probation service
Payment by Results
Markets
Desistance
Community rehabilitation companies
Local governance
Voluntary and community sector
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Summary:The Ministry of Justice’s Consultation Paper - Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence - launched by Justice Secretary David Gauke in July 2018, represents a revisionist view of the recent history of the probation service in which many of its assertions are incoherent, disingenuous and disconnected from the lived realities of both those who offend and local communities having to deal with the impact of austerity on local services. In addition, the consultation process itself is disingenuous in that it presents the failure of the Transforming Rehabilitation initiative as one of technical oversights and misjudgements that can be put right through a series of relatively minor adjustments. Answers to the 17 consultation questions, however insightful and helpful they may be, will do nothing to deal with the underlying difficulties of Transforming Rehabilitation.
ISSN:1741-3079
DOI:10.1177/0264550518809876