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Author(s)<\/td>\nPaul Senior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corresponding Authors<\/td>\nProfessor Paul Senior, Hallam Centre for Community Justice, Sheffield Hallam University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The advance of Blairite modernisation in criminal justice promised a mixed\u00a0economy of provision capturing the best of public, private and voluntary sector enterprise.\u00a0This gave an impetus to the Voluntary Sector (then identified as the Third Sector) to\u00a0penetrate further into provision for reducing re-offending. Across the seven pathways the\u00a0VCS became increasingly a partner, or at least a provider, in the provision of services,\u00a0though still subject to the vagaries and uncertainties of the commissioning process in both\u00a0prison and community settings. This paper will explore the contradictions in seeking to\u00a0become a key player in this agenda, drawing on original research exploring the enhanced\u00a0role of the sector (Senior et al., 2005). Concerns centre on the loss of the traditional\u00a0independence of services; the compromise to values and capacity for innovation; an\u00a0increasing business orientation and the consequent growth of new or re-fashioned VCS\u00a0organisations, which often copy the business orientation of the fledging private sector.\u00a0This has now taken on a new twist since the election in 2010 with the Big Society and\u00a0rehabilitation revolution explicitly appealing to community engagement and the voluntary\u00a0sector seeing this as further potential for growth now more at the expense of the public\u00a0sector than in partnership with such collaboration coming more from private sector\u00a0 alliances. This paper concludes by asking questions around this positive vision of civil\u00a0society as seen by the new government and questions whether services may be delivered\u00a0on the cheap by agencies, buoyed by government support, but ill-prepared and ill-equipped\u00a0to take over public provision to the extent which the rhetoric invites.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_center_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_button button_color=”accent” size=”btn-lg” radius=”btn-square” wide=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fmmuperu.co.uk%2Fbjcj%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F441%2F2020%2F08%2FBJCJ_9-12-Senior.pdf||target:%20_blank|”]Download PDF[\/vc_button][uncode_share layout=”multiple” bigger=”yes” separator=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-lxmt” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1593440492913{padding-right: 26px !important;padding-left: 26px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-128611″ text_size=”h4″ text_weight=”500″ text_color=”color-210407″]Latest Issue[\/vc_custom_heading][uncode_index el_id=”index-163686″ loop=”size:1|order_by:date|post_type:post|categories:3″ gutter_size=”3″ post_items=”title,date” screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_text=”overlay” single_style=”dark” single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_overlay_anim=”no” single_text_visible=”yes” single_text_anim=”no” single_h_align_mobile=”left” single_padding=”0″ single_title_family=”font-128611″ single_title_dimension=”h4″ single_title_weight=”500″][vc_button button_color=”accent” size=”btn-xl” radius=”btn-square” wide=”yes” custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-128611″ font_weight=”500″ border_width=”0″ link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fmmuperu.co.uk%2Fbjcj%2Fnewsletter%2F|title:Newsletter||”]Subscribe to our Newsletter[\/vc_button][vc_raw_html]JTNDYSUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIydHdpdHRlci10aW1lbGluZSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtd2lkdGglM0QlMjI0MDAlMjIlMjBkYXRhLWhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjU0NSUyMiUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnR3aXR0ZXIuY29tJTJGYmpjb21tdW5pdHlqdXN0JTNGcmVmX3NyYyUzRHR3c3JjJTI1NUV0ZnclMjIlM0VUd2VldHMlMjBieSUyMGJqY29tbXVuaXR5anVzdCUzQyUyRmElM0UlMjAlM0NzY3JpcHQlMjBhc3luYyUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGcGxhdGZvcm0udHdpdHRlci5jb20lMkZ3aWRnZXRzLmpzJTIyJTIwY2hhcnNldCUzRCUyMnV0Zi04JTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGc2NyaXB0JTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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