Hollowing out probation? The roots of Transforming Rehabilitation. (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Deering, John; Feilzer, Martina
• Is Part Of: Probation journal. Volume 66:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 8
• Page End: 24
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: probation -- privatisation -- organisational change -- CJ legislations -- organisational culture; Probation -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 364.6305
• DOI: 10.1177/0264550518820119
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-5505

Abstract

This article provides a critical perspective on the political and policy history of probation in England and Wales to develop a better understanding of how TR came to be. TR was only the latest act in a longstanding process of changing probation to fit ideological 'flavours', and we suggest that it is the hidden nature of probation work in combination with a lack of public legitimation work by probation institutions and probation staff that has placed probation in such a vulnerable position.