RT Article
T1 Running on the treadmill: Practitioner experiences of mass supervision
JF European journal of probation
VO 14
IS 2
SP 109
OP 127
A1 Cracknell, Matt
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1814289623
AB This article explores the impacts that the addition of individuals serving short sentences has had on daily practice and working culture for probation workers. These practitioner perspectives are explored through the lens of ‘mass supervision’, providing a new insight into the harms and implications for its inherent deskilling qualities and constraints. This empirical research underlines three main themes related to the harms caused by mass supervision: firstly, that it inhibits innovative practice; secondly, that it necessitates a more limited model of supervision that undermines practitioner autonomy and the reach and scope of the supervisory relationship; and thirdly, that mass supervision corrodes the values of probation staff, leaving many experienced practitioners struggling ethically, practically and emotionally. The experience of mass supervision is compared to a treadmill by several practitioners and employed as a metaphor to analyse practice in the confines of mass supervision as generic, monotonous and relentless.
K1 mass supervision
K1 Transforming Rehabilitation
K1 the treadmill
K1 The Offender Rehabilitation Act
K1 short sentences
K1 Resettlement
DO 10.1177/20662203221104925