RT Article
T1 Travelling in the wrong direction? A critical commentary on the consultation paper Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence
JF Probation journal
VO 65
IS 4
SP 439
OP 446
A1 Burke, Lol
A2 Collett, Steve
A2 Murray, Peter
A2 Stafford, John
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1735156868
AB 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.
K1 Transforming Rehabilitation
K1 Probation service
K1 Payment by Results
K1 Markets
K1 Desistance
K1 Community rehabilitation companies
K1 Local governance
K1 Voluntary and community sector
DO 10.1177/0264550518809876