RT Article
T1 Probation migration(s): examining occupational culture in a turbulent field
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 17
IS 2
SP 192
OP 208
A1 Burke, Lol
A1 Millings, Matthew
A1 Robinson, Gwen 1969-
A2 Millings, Matthew
A2 Robinson, Gwen 1969-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174099129X
AB In June 2014 approximately 54 per cent of the total probation service workforce in England and Wales were transferred to the newly created Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) as part of the government’s plans to establish a market for offender management services. This marked the beginning of one of the largest and most significant migrations of criminal justice staff from the public to the private sector in England and Wales. This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of the formation of one of these CRCs through to the period immediately following the transfer into private ownership. The authors discuss the key features of this migration which are identified as ‘splitting and fracturing’, ‘adapting and forming’ and ‘exiting or accommodation’. It is contended that this development not only has significant implications for the future of probation services but also provides a unique example of the impact on an occupational culture of migration from the public to the private sector.
K1 Diaspora
K1 Migration
K1 Occupational cultures
K1 Probation
K1 Privatization
K1 Transforming Rehabilitation
DO 10.1177/1748895816656905