‘A Very Considerable Innovation’: The Introduction of Ancillary Workers to the Probation Service in England and Wales, 1968–1979
‘A Very Considerable Innovation’: The Introduction of Ancillary Workers to the Probation Service in England and Wales, 1968–1979 ABSTRACT This article outlines the early evolution, in the period 1968–1979, of…
Exploring Prison Safety: Insights From Two Decades of HM Inspectorate of Prisons Surveys in England and Wales
Exploring Prison Safety: Insights From Two Decades of HM Inspectorate of Prisons Surveys in England and Wales ABSTRACT This article presents an analysis of surveys conducted by HM Inspectorate of…
What Do We Know About New Labour’s Impact on the Criminal Justice System? How Did It Relate to the Policies of the 1980s and 1990s?
What Do We Know About New Labour's Impact on the Criminal Justice System? How Did It Relate to the Policies of the 1980s and 1990s? ABSTRACT This article seeks to…
Should We Change the Criminal Age of Majority in England and Wales? Consideration of Young Adults Within the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice System
Should We Change the Criminal Age of Majority in England and Wales? Consideration of Young Adults Within the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice System ABSTRACT Current legislation and safeguarding principles…
In Defence of Walkability as a Crime Prevention Strategy
In Defence of Walkability as a Crime Prevention Strategy ABSTRACT New Urbanist ideas promoting walkability have many benefits. But they are criticised by proponents of crime prevention through environmental design…
One Foot on the Street and One in Prison: Experiencing Life in Open Prisons
One Foot on the Street and One in Prison: Experiencing Life in Open Prisons ABSTRACT This article explores the lived experience of imprisonment in Spain's open prisons, where prisoners spend…
‘Set Up to Fail’: The ‘Pains’ of Post‐Prison Transitional Housing as a Barrier to Desistance From Crime
‘Set Up to Fail’: The ‘Pains’ of Post‐Prison Transitional Housing as a Barrier to Desistance From Crime ABSTRACT Drawing on qualitative data among a sample of people leaving prison in…
Making Good in The Global South
Making Good in The Global South ABSTRACT This essay revisits Shadd Maruna's Making Good from a Global South perspective. Widely recognised as a landmark in desistance research, Maruna's work shifted the analytical…
Never Mind the Bollards: Exploring the Role of GCHQ, MI5, and the National Technical Authorities in UK Security Markets
Never Mind the Bollards: Exploring the Role of GCHQ, MI5, and the National Technical Authorities in UK Security Markets ABSTRACT The cultures and governance of security markets in the United…
Loyalty, Integrity, Protection and Gender: The Making and Breaking of Correctional Officer Collectivity
Loyalty, Integrity, Protection and Gender: The Making and Breaking of Correctional Officer Collectivity ABSTRACT Discourses of ‘brotherhoods’ prevail in public safety sectors and remain empirically limited regarding correctional officers (COs). We…
Making Good to Making Space: Lived Experience and the Convict Criminology Tradition
Making Good to Making Space: Lived Experience and the Convict Criminology Tradition ABSTRACT Making Good’s 25th anniversary offers an opportunity to revisit one of criminology's most consequential texts through the…
Gender, Desistance and Women as Affected Others: A Case Study Exploration of the Pains of Desistance Emotional Work
Gender, Desistance and Women as Affected Others: A Case Study Exploration of the Pains of Desistance Emotional Work ABSTRACT Desistance research promotes intimate relationships without recognising the gendered expectations of…