Paul Senior: An Editor Retires
15 March 2016
Only Paul could pull it off! For some time I had been aware that Paul Senior had been planning to organise an extended ‘conversation’ in his favourite Lakeland hotel for colleagues and friends from his career in probation.
Probation Institute: Right Organisation, Right Timing?
15 March 2016
During our ‘Conversation with Paul Senior’ in Kendal in January 2016, we reflected on the role of the Probation Institute (PI) in the future of Probation, especially its role in training and research.
Electronic Monitoring and Penal Reform: Constructive Resistance in the Age of “Coercive Connectedness”
15 March 2016
Alongside its strategy for privatising the probation service, the Ministry of Justice in the Conservative-led Coalition government (2010-2015) hatched a plan to upgrade from radio frequency electronic monitoring (EM) to a much larger scale, and solo use of GPS tracking.
Manifesto for Higher Education (HE)
15 March 2016
This is a manifesto outlining a relationship between higher education and the new agencies of probation, community rehabilitation and public protection. It argues for constructive partnership.
Bringing the Feelings Back: Returning Emotions to Criminal Justice Practice
15 March 2016
This article argues that probation policy needs to take much greater account of the important role of emotion in probation and other criminal justice practice.
Probation, People and Profits: The Impact of Neoliberalism
15 March 2016
A former probation chief, writing in 2013, targeted the Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition government’s ‘Rehabilitation Revolution’ (Conservative Party, 2008) with withering scorn.
Innovation and Privatisation in the Probation Service in England and Wales
15 March 2016
Is it possible that innovation can arise out of the privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales?
What will Probation Practice Look Like in 2020?
15 March 2016