Reshaping probation and prisons : : The new offender management framework / / ed. by Mike Hough, Rob Allen, Una Padel.

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&...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Researching Criminal Justice
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Other title:Front Matter --
Contents --
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Notes on contributors --
Introduction --
NOMS and its relationship to crime reduction, public confidence and the new sentencing context --
End-to-end or end in tears? Prospects for the effectiveness of the National Offender Management Model --
Keeping a lid on the prison population – will it work? --
NOMS, contestability and the process of technocorrectional innovation --
Lessons from prison privatisation for probation --
A modern service, fit for purpose? --
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Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781447366881
9783111196213
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Mike Hough, Rob Allen, Una Padel.