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Reshaping Probation and Prisons
Mike U
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Description for Reshaping Probation and Prisons
Paperback. 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). 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. Editor(s): Hough, Mike; Allen, Rob; Padel, Una. Series: Researching Criminal Justice Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
Researching Criminal Justice Series
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861348128
SKU
V9781861348128
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Ref
99-50
About Mike U
The three co-editors direct three centres based in the School of Law, King's College London. They have all published widely on criminal justice policy, and are recognised experts in the field. Professor Mike Hough is Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy Research. Rob Allen is Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies. Una Padel is Director of ... Read more
Reviews for Reshaping Probation and Prisons
" ... this book deserves to be read by anyone interested in the interactions of politics, public sector management theory and the penal system; there are glimmers of hope, but in the main it shows why NOMS has been nicknamed, after the London base of the Home Office, as 'Nightmare on Marhsma Street.'" Martin Wright "For students and academics who ... Read more