Performance-based policy in offender rehabilitation: Limitation or innovation for front-line workers in Liaison and Diversion services?

In recent years, the English government has been using competitive elements in the process of allocating public funds through policy. Front-line workers struggle with the limitations imposed by such a model. A qualitative case study was conducted to investigate the impact of a new performance-based...

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1. VerfasserIn: Rocha, Paulo (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Holmen, Ann-Karin
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
In: Probation journal
Jahr: 2020, Band: 67, Heft: 3, Seiten: 198-213
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England
Wales
Liaison and Diversion
front-line workers
Innovation
Limitations
Offender rehabilitation
performance-based policymaking
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Zusammenfassung:In recent years, the English government has been using competitive elements in the process of allocating public funds through policy. Front-line workers struggle with the limitations imposed by such a model. A qualitative case study was conducted to investigate the impact of a new performance-based policy on front-line workers of a public service called Liaison and Diversion. The findings demonstrated that professionals have been adapting the policy to local circumstances found at the street level. We argued that adaptation is a form of employee-based innovation that optimises the use of scarce resources and customises services to the clients.
ISSN:1741-3079
DOI:10.1177/0264550520926578