Payment by results: the materialist reconstruction of criminal justice. Issue 5 (8th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Whitehead, Philip
• Is Part Of: International journal of sociology and social policy. Volume 35:Issue 5/6(2015)
• Page Start: 290
• Page End: 305
• Publication Date: 2015-06-08
• Subjects: Sociology -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-10-2013-0100
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0144-333X

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title> <p> – The criminal justice system in England and Wales is being reconstructed on a new operating platform of which Payment by Results (PbR) is the material signifier. This critical historic transformation is occurring during a period of radical economic disruption and political restructuring after 2007-2008. PbR signals the deeper penetration of the core principles of capitalism into the body of the state and its welfare and criminal justice system. Conceptually a Lacanian-Žižekian framework is put to work to theorise these important transformations. The paper aims to discuss these issues. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title> <p> – The design and methodology of this research paper utilises open sources and documentary materials on the development of PbR, in its application primarily to the criminal justice system. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title> <p> – There is evidence that PbR, located within the wider context of capitalist reconstruction, is radically transforming the delivery of criminal justice services. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title> <p> – This is the first critical analysis of PbR located within the context of late modern capitalism.</p> </sec> </abstract>