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{"title":"What works in promoting ‘What Works’? A comment on Sanders, Jones and Briggs","authors":"P. Raynor","doi":"10.1177/02645505221087977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221087977","url":null,"abstract":"This short article is a comment on the recent proposal of a What Works Centre for probation ( Sanders, Jones and Briggs, 2021). Any new ‘What Works’ initiative needs to be informed by the patchy and uneven history of research on the effectiveness of probation in England and Wales. Problems have included, at various times, failure to keep up with research in other countries; over-dependency on government departments to conduct and fund research; poor planning and/or implementation of experimental projects; excessive managerialism, and failure to engage practitioners in a research culture. Unless they are avoided, these problems will hamper any new initiative.","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43924121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The stories of eight women managed by a community rehabilitation company during the Covid-19 pandemic.","authors":"Rebecca Woolford","doi":"10.1177/02645505211041576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211041576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the stories of eight women supervised by probation during the first national lockdown in the United Kingdom in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Probation quickly implemented an exceptional delivery model to protect the health and safety of staff and service users. Covid-19 has highlighted societal disparities across the world, it can be suggested that this has hugely impacted the lives of women and further extending the gender inequality gap. Although acknowledging that this is a small-scale study, it does provide a platform for women to voice and share their experiences of both problematic challenges encountered and the opportunities embraced during the first national lockdown. Firstly, the importance of supervisory relationships kept women feeling connected, emotionally supported and provided a source for practical advice. Secondly, the experiences of lockdown were felt differently dependant on the vulnerabilities and complexities of women; in short, the greater the priority need the more issues and obstacles women encountered. Thirdly, remote probation supervision was regarded as the safest and appropriate way to approach the unchartered waters of Covid-19. And finally, there was shared optimism to return to 'normal' face-to-face supervision, re-engage with services that had been paused or interrupted to aid recovery and rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8914296/pdf/10.1177_02645505211041576.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40311595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plus ça change? Women and the criminal justice system","authors":"N. Carr","doi":"10.1177/02645505221082861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221082861","url":null,"abstract":"This issue of the journal contains several articles that focus on women in the criminal justice system. These traverse a range of different geographical contexts, including Lithuania, Catalonia, the United States and England and Wales, and explore issues ranging from probation staff perspectives to women’s experiences of victimisation. and stigmatization. A common theme of many of the contributions is the pervasive impacts of systemic failures that mean that the criminal justice system becomes the point of recourse for addressing social needs. This is a longstanding refrain echoed in a plethora of research on women and the criminal justice system, so much so that that is has become depressingly familiar. So too are responses that situate the solution within the purview of the criminal justice system. The National Audit Office has just published a report on the outcomes for women in the criminal justice system in England and Wales (NAO, 2022). The report cites familiar data regarding the profile of women in the criminal justice system, including the fact that while the female prison population remains relatively low (4%), the preponderance of custodial sentences are for less than 12 months (77%), and reoffending rates on release from custody remain stubbornly high. 71% if women reoffended following custodial sentences of less than 12 months in 2016 (NAO, 2022). Notwithstanding the wealth of evidence regarding the harmful effects of custody and the ineffectiveness of prison sentences in reducing offending, the government has recently committed to the expansion of the prison estate. In 2021 the Ministry of Justice announced plans to expand provision by building up to 500 additional prison places for women at an estimated cost of £200 million. This forecast expenditure contrasts with just £9.5 million allocated by the Ministry to fund services for women in the community between 2018 and 2022, and an allocation of £4.8 million in 2020–2022 towards developing five planned Residential Women’s Centres (RWCs), which are intended to reduce the numbers of women remanded into custody (NAO, 2022). The National Audit Office’s analysis of this imbalanced expenditure, which they assess in light of the government’s own policy commitments set out in the Female Offender Strategy, (MoJ, 2018) makes for stark reading. The Female Offender Strategy included plans to reduce the number of women entering the criminal justice system by providing support in the community at an earlier stage; have fewer women in custody (especially for short sentences) and utilise community sentences to a greater degree, where appropriate, and to create better conditions for women in custody, including increased supports on release (MoJ, 2018). Editorial The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47634182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In court","authors":"N. Stone","doi":"10.1177/02645505211066356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211066356","url":null,"abstract":"Aged 18, without prior convictions and living with her new partner (T.), B. had just received a message that another young woman (S.) was pregnant by him and confronted him. When he denied any knowledge of S. she put her arm round his throat from behind as he sat on a sofa, holding a substantial kitchen knife to his chest for a sustained period while telling him that she wanted to kill him and then herself. When she had let go of him T. called the police; she told the officers what she had done. Following her guilty plea to making threat to kill, a PSR (pre-sentence report) described her as ‘child-like’, vulnerable and presenting as younger than her age, proposing a community order with a rehabilitative activity requirement to address her thinking skills and developmental maturation needs. A psychiatric report similarly noted her ‘developmental delay’, impulsivity and learning difficulties, and her history of anxiety and depression, in tandem with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and ADHD. Agreeing that this was ‘a very sad case’, the judge observed that B. was ‘incapable of controlling her anger’. Application of the relevant Guideline (Intimidatory Offences, 2018) indicated higher culpability (Level A) (given the presence of a visible weapon and an offence in the victim’s home) and harm at Level 2 (distress and psychological harm short of very serious and significant – T. had submitted a victim statement attesting to the flashbacks he was experiencing), thus indicating a starting point of 24 months’ custody with a range between 12 and 48 months. Adopting that starting point and giving full credit for plea, the judge imposed 16 months’ YOI detention, remarking that if the defendant had been a man and his victim a woman, there would be an outcry were he not to impose a sentence of immediate custody. The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44783453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Electronic Monitoring: Tagging Offenders in a Culture of Surveillance","authors":"Hannah Graham","doi":"10.1177/02645505221082837a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221082837a","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48304834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Prison Governor's Journal","authors":"Mike Guilfoyle","doi":"10.1177/02645505221082837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221082837","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46074295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital justice: A rapid evidence assessment of the use of mobile technology for offender behavioural change","authors":"H. Taylor, D. Van Rooy, L. Bartels","doi":"10.1177/02645505211065694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211065694","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing availability and use of mobile technology have allowed for innovative solutions to address a range of issues, especially in relation to health behaviour change. Such technological advances have also created opportunities within the justice context and the past decade has seen the development and use of mobile technology in the criminal justice system. Yet, little systematic research exists in this area. This study begins to fill this gap, through a rapid evidence assessment of the use of technologies, especially mobile applications and text message reminders, which support behaviour change amongst people in the criminal justice system.","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42490606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving healthcare in adult probation services: Learning from Youth Offending Teams","authors":"C. Brooker, Beth Collinson, C. Sirdifield","doi":"10.1177/02645505211070088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211070088","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews the development of the healthcare provision in youth offending teams (YOTs), and the implications of this for improving provision for adults supervised by probation. The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) made healthcare funding a statutory requirement in YOTs, and healthcare presence in most YOTs was significantly boosted by the collaborative commissioning initiative. There is no parallel commissioning initiative in adult probation services. Only a small proportion of NHS clinical commissioning groups make specific investment for this population. Pockets of healthcare provision in probation settings exist, but not consistently. We argue that this represents a major social inequality.","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41307912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reducing the use of imprisonment. Lessons from Probation Day Centres in England and Wales: 1970–2000","authors":"Maurice Vanstone, P. Priestley","doi":"10.1177/02645505211070085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211070085","url":null,"abstract":"Day Reporting Centres as an alternative to prison have become a feature of the Criminal Justice Systems of most States in America. In contrast, Day Centres have virtually disappeared from the curricula of Probation services in England and Wales. In this paper we look back on the short history of day centre provision in this country and examine what can be learned from its different forms and assess the viability of reintroducing the concept as a means of significantly reducing the use of imprisonment this side of the Atlantic.","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41715134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Paedophile Hunters’: Practitioner Perspectives","authors":"Laura Frampton","doi":"10.1177/02645505211070084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211070084","url":null,"abstract":"The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) position on Online Child Abuse Activist Groups (OCAGs), more commonly referred to as ‘paedophile hunters’, is that their motivation should be questioned since there is no positive advantage to policing. The problematic nature and inaccuracy of the term ‘paedophile hunter’ will be explored within this article, but the term is widely used in practice. Such activism increases risk to potential victims, the suspect and to the efficiency and effectiveness of criminal justice processes ( NPCC, 2018). The Probation Service (PS) has no formal position regarding the activity. Yet public fascination with those convicted of sexual offences against children and the appetite for naming and shaming these individuals is not a new phenomenon. The rise in popularity of the internet and the surge in content available online is more recent, and so is the problem of threat exceeding capacity. But what are the views of practitioners on this issue? Using in-depth qualitative interviews with police and probation practitioners, this paper examines how ‘paedophile hunting’ activity has become a concept in the management of sexual offending in England and Wales, and for the first time, reveals the views and attitudes of professionals working on the front line.","PeriodicalId":45814,"journal":{"name":"PROBATION JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44252411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}