학술논문
Rehabilitating Probation: Strategies for Re-legitimation after Policy Failure
Document Type
Report
Author
Source
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. June, 2021, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p151, 16 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2059-1098
Abstract
Keywords: legitimacy; organisational studies; probation; reform; Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) Abstract This article draws on insights from the organisational studies literature to make sense of the recent history of probation in England & Wales in the aftermath of the failed Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reform programme. It considers that recent history as a crisis of legitimacy, necessitating active strategies of re-legitimation aimed at recovering from reputational damage. It argues that top-down plans to restructure the service will only go so far in this endeavour: the expanded National Probation Service must also be prepared to engage in legitimation work on its own behalf. However, this is likely to be challenging for a number of reasons that include the mixed constituency of external stakeholders whom probation seeks to satisfy, and important questions of identity, agency, and voice. Byline: GWEN ROBINSON