Description
Product ID: | 9780367621940 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice |
Title: | Professionalism in Probation |
Subtitle: | Making Sense of Marketisation |
Authors: | Author: Matt Tidmarsh |
Page Count: | 222 |
Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general, Social and ethical issues, Sociology: work and labour, Anthropology, Crime and criminology, Penology and punishment, Probation services, Politics and government, Economics, Public ownership / nationalization, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminal justice law, Sentencing and punishment, Social law and Medical law, Social issues & processes, Sociology: work & labour, Anthropology, Crime & criminology, Penology & punishment, Probation services, Politics & government, Economics, Public ownership / nationalization, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal justice law, Sentencing & punishment, Social law, England, Wales |
Description: | This book explores probation staff understandings of professionalism in the aftermath of the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms to services in England and Wales. This book explores probation staff understandings of professionalism in the aftermath of the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms to services in England and Wales. Drawing on the sociology of the professions, this book offers an original and timely contribution to the criminal justice literature, examining the ways in which professionalism in probation has been reshaped and renegotiated in response to the market logic that has dominated public services in recent decades. The case of the TR reforms offers a useful platform for exploring broader shifts in understandings of professionalism. This book demonstrates the ways in which professionalism in probation can be understood as a discourse through which professionals are expected to be receptive to the demands of multiple stakeholders – offenders, taxpayers, the state, and, additionally, the market. It situates TR in a marketising continuum, the logical endpoint of a period of reform that has sought to discipline staff and reshape their understandings of professionalism. Written in a clear and direct style, this book is essential reading for researchers engaged in probation, rehabilitation, criminal justice, and organizational and professional studies. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-09-25 |