TY - CHAP
T1 - Harm and transforming rehabilitation
AU - Temple, David
PY - 2018/5/8
Y1 - 2018/5/8
N2 - This chapter will assess at various levels the potential harm of ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ (TR). TR has revolutionised the management of offenders in the community in three key ways: the creation and sale of 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) based upon ‘payment by results’, the extension of statutory rehabilitation to those serving prison sentences of under 12 months, and the introduction of ‘through the gate’ (Ministry of Justice 2013). These measures will impact at various levels: private, public and voluntary sectors in control of CRCs, probationers, offenders, victims, and the general public. The chapter will critically assess the practical applicability of TR in a real-world setting, identifying its effectiveness and limitations. This work is based upon a combination of qualitative and ethnographic data collected before, during and after the National Probation Service (NPS) and CRCs were divided. My research identifies the experience of and attitudes towards TR from probationers. Probationers and the author’s own experience of operating in a probation environment clearly show a blurred line between crime and harm. Attempts to separate the two are problematic, given harmful activity discovered that is not necessarily criminal, or crime that goes unpunished and or undetected. Conversely and to a lesser extent, criminal activity that is either not harmful or can’t be properly addressed in a probation setting.
AB - This chapter will assess at various levels the potential harm of ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ (TR). TR has revolutionised the management of offenders in the community in three key ways: the creation and sale of 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) based upon ‘payment by results’, the extension of statutory rehabilitation to those serving prison sentences of under 12 months, and the introduction of ‘through the gate’ (Ministry of Justice 2013). These measures will impact at various levels: private, public and voluntary sectors in control of CRCs, probationers, offenders, victims, and the general public. The chapter will critically assess the practical applicability of TR in a real-world setting, identifying its effectiveness and limitations. This work is based upon a combination of qualitative and ethnographic data collected before, during and after the National Probation Service (NPS) and CRCs were divided. My research identifies the experience of and attitudes towards TR from probationers. Probationers and the author’s own experience of operating in a probation environment clearly show a blurred line between crime and harm. Attempts to separate the two are problematic, given harmful activity discovered that is not necessarily criminal, or crime that goes unpunished and or undetected. Conversely and to a lesser extent, criminal activity that is either not harmful or can’t be properly addressed in a probation setting.
UR - https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319763118
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319763118
SN - 9783030094614
T3 - Critical Criminological Perspectives
SP - 265
EP - 282
BT - Zemiology
A2 - Boukli, Avi
A2 - Kotzé, Justin
CY - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -