The Voluntary Sector and Criminal Justice [electronic resource] /
Hucklesby, Anthea.editor.
Corcoran, Mary.editor.
The voluntary sector has a long history of involvement in criminal justice by providing a variety of services to offenders and their families, victims and witnesses. This collection brings together leading experts to provide critical reflections and cutting edge research on the contemporary features of voluntary sector work in criminal justice. At a time when the voluntary sector's role is being transformed, this book examines the dynamic nature of the voluntary sector and its responses to current uncertainties, and some of the conflicting positions with regards to its present and future role in criminal justice work. It also examines the potential impact of economic, political and ideological trends on the role and remit of voluntary sector organisations which undertake criminal justice work. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; The Voluntary Sector and Criminal Justice; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1: Introduction; Defining the voluntary sector in criminal justice; The policy context; Structure of the book; References; Part I; 2: Paved with Good Intentions: The Way Ahead for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector Organisations; Background: the voluntary sector in criminal justice; Clinks and the role of infrastructure organisations; The profile of the sector working with offenders and their families; Impact of the economic downturn
Current policy climate and challenges for the voluntary sectorTransforming rehabilitation; The problem of scale; Payment by Results; Evidencing outcomes; How is the voluntary sector distinctive?; Desistance and the voluntary sector; Working with complex needs, hard-to-reach offenders and minority groups; Women offenders; Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) offenders; Filling the gaps; Promoting and enabling user involvement; Conclusions; References; 3: Third Tier in the Supply Chain? Voluntary Agencies and the Commissioning of Offender Rehabilitation Services
Policy background: the voluntary sector and public servicesKey debates and concerns; The criminal justice arena; Charities, offender work and the coercion issue; Voluntary and coerced participation from the perspective of 'old hands'; Newcomers to the field; The 'prime and supply chain' model: a step change?; Coercion, enforcement and breach: threats to trust and legitimacy?; Working practices and organisational culture; Vulnerability to exploitation by primes; Exclusion of those outside the supply chain; Mergers, consortia and shrinking localism; Over-dependence on one source of funding
Loss of independence, critical voiceUndermining of traditional voluntary ethos; Threats to innovation; Concluding comments; Notes; References; 4: The Voluntary Sector and Public Services: Context, Continuity and Change; Understanding state-voluntary relations; Welfare reform, New Public Management and the voluntary sector; New Labour and the partnership agenda; The commissioning agenda and its implications; Conclusion: context, continuity and change; Note; References; 5: Deconstructing the Panacea of Volunteering in Criminal Justice; Great expectations; Volunteering as a resource
Economic benefitsSocial capital and well-being; Trust and legitimacy; The 'dark side' of volunteering; Negative social capital; NIMBYism versus legitimacy; Managing volunteering as a security 'risk'; Summary and conclusion; References; 6: When Worlds Collide: Researching and Evaluating the Voluntary Sector's Work with Offenders; Current context; The purpose of research in the voluntary sector; Delivering criminal justice services: contrasting the statutory and voluntary sectors; Aims, objectives and theories of change or lack of them
The four data challenges: availability, timeliness, quality and quantity
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The voluntary sector has a long history of involvement in criminal justice by providing a variety of services to offenders and their families, victims and witnesses. This collection brings together leading experts to provide critical reflections and cutting edge research on the contemporary features of voluntary sector work in criminal justice. At a time when the voluntary sector's role is being transformed, this book examines the dynamic nature of the voluntary sector and its responses to current uncertainties, and some of the conflicting positions with regards to its present and future role in criminal justice work. It also examines the potential impact of economic, political and ideological trends on the role and remit of voluntary sector organisations which undertake criminal justice work. .
Criminology.
Social policy.
Social service.
Social work.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Social Policy.
Social Work and Community Development.
Social Work.
Prison and Punishment.