What Matters in Probation

by Mair; George

• ISBN13: 9781843920526
• ISBN10: 1843920522
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Willan

Summary

The What Works initiative has been one of the most important recent developments in probation and is a key aspect of current probation practice -- all the more so since the creation of the National Probation Service (UK) in 2001. The initiative involved the development and implementation on a national basis of a demonstrably 'effective' set of core programmes of supervision of offenders, most of them dependent on a cognitive behavioural approach. Much has been invested in these new accredited programmes - both in terms of the numbers of offenders planned to complete them, and their anticipated impact on offending.Yet there has been little scholarly or professional discussion of the nature and risks of this dominant new paradigm, or any close examination of the evidence on which the What Works initiative is based. This book addresses this need, providing a critical overview of What Works and a wider set of perspectives on a project which is vital for the future of the National Probation Service. Its concern is not just with What Works but what matters, and has the following objectives:to assess critically the claims of the What Works initiativeto examine the foundations on which What Works is basedto demonstrate the limitations of the What Works initiative as currently conceivedto begin the process of constructing an alternative vision for the National Probation Service.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	vii
Preface	ix
Notes on contributors	x
1 Introduction: What Works and what matters
George Mair	1	(11)
2 The origins of What Works in England and Wales: a house built on sand?
George Mair	12	(22)
3 The uses and abuses of positivism
David Smith	34	(19)
4 Dangerous thinking: a critical history of correctional cognitive behaviouralism
Kathleen Kendall	53	(37)
5 How cognitive skills forgot about gender and diversity
Margaret Shaw and Kelly Hannah-Moffat	90	(32)
6 The barking dog? Partnership and effective practice
Judith Rumgay	122	(24)
7 Getting tough or being effective: what matters?
Carol Hedderman and Mike Hough	146	(24)
8 Beyond programmes: organisational and cultural issues in the implementation of What Works
Hazel Kemshall, Paul Holt, Roy Bailey and Gwyneth Boswell	170	(17)
9 Supervision, motivation and social context: what matters most when probationers desist?
Stephen Farrall	187	(23)
10 Community reintegration: for whom?
Jon Spencer and Jo Deakin	210	(19)
11 Community service as reintegration: exploring the potential
Loraine Gelsthorpe and Sue Rex	229	(26)
12 What Works: a view from the chiefs
George Mair	255	(22)
13 Purposes matter: examining the 'ends' of probation
Gwen Robinson and Fergus McNeill	277	(28)
14 Getting personal: developments in policy and practice in Scotland
Gill McIvor	305	(22)
15 What Works and the globalisation of punishment talk
Anne Worrall	327	(19)
Index	346