Reshaping Probation and Prisons

ISBN 10: 1861348126 / ISBN 13: 9781861348128

Published by The Policy Press, 2006

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pp. vii + 102.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reshaping Probation and Prisons
• Publisher: The Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861348126
• ISBN 13: 9781861348128
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Government has embarked on a programme of radical reform for the probation and prison services with the setting up of a National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The aim is to make the two services work more effectively together, and to promote private sector involvement in 'corrections' work.

This groundbreaking volume takes a critical look at the different aspects of the NOMS proposals, at a time when the Government is still working out the detail of its reforms. No other academic publication has scrutinised the NOMS proposals so closely.

Through six contributions from leading experts on probation and criminal justice the report identifies the risks attached to NOMS; assesses the prospects of success; provides ideas for reshaping government plans and  presents an authoritative critique of a set proposals that could go badly wrong.

The report will be crucial reading for politicians, civil servants and criminal justice managers. Senior probation and prison staff will find it of particular value.

About the Author

Mike Hough is Emeritus Professor at the School of Law at Birkbeck, University of London. He was President of the British Society of Criminology from 2008 until 2011, and he was awarded the European Society of Criminology Award for 2020, in recognition of his lifetime contribution to European criminology.