Multi-agency working in criminal justice
Control and care in contemporary correctional practice

Author/Editor(s):

Aaron Pycroft, Dennis Gough

Format:

Paperback , 272 pages , 240 x 172 mm
Other formats available

ISBN

9781847424532

Published:

01 Jul 2010

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There is a need for more discussion of the constructive work that practitioners continue to do to support the desistance of ex-offenders despite the present context of punitive populism and risk aversion. This collection of papers on multi-agency work helps to fill that gap.
Ros Burnett, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford

The wide-ranging chapters provide in-depth reviews and important insights into multi-agency work across the criminal justice system, acknowledging the challenges and tensions inherent in recent developments. This is a valuable resource for academics and students and key reading for policy makers, managers and practitioners. " Jill Annison, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Plymouth Law School, University of Plymouth

About This Book

This textbook brings together for the first time theory, policy and skills relevant to working in a multi agency setting within the criminal justice system. It comes at an important time as the professional qualifying arrangements for probation officers are changing, along with the development of a mixed economy of correctional practice. The book outlines the legislative and policy framework in the criminal justice system, and evaluates professional and organisational conflicts within multi agency contexts as well as highlighting key offender groups, and issues associated with desistance from crime. It is essential reading for all students and practitioners involved in or studying correctional work, through the Probation or Prison services, or other agencies.

Author Biography

Aaron Pycroft is is Senior Lecturer in Addiction Studies in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. His primary teaching and research interests are in substance misuse, multi-agency working and the application of complexity theory to policy and practice in the delivery of rehabilitation services.Dennis Gough is Senior Lecturer in Penology with the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. He teaches and researches in the broad fields of punishment, prisons and their respective alternatives. His PhD research is concerned with the governance of corrections

Contents

Introduction
Consensus, complexity and emergence: the mixed economy of service provision - Aaron Pycroft
Multi-agency working in corrections: cooperation and competition in probation practice - Dennis Gough
Clients or offenders? The case for clarity of purpose in multi-agency working - Carrie Skinner
Diversity and the policy agenda in criminal justice - Mark Mitchell
Multi-agency working with black and minority ethnic offenders - Sarah Hilder
From pillar to post: multi-agency working with women offenders - Rachel Goldhill
Working together to manage risk of serious harm - Suzie Clift
Singing from the same MAPPA hymn sheet - but can we hear all the voices? - Mike Nash
Sharing or shifting responsibility? The multi-agency approach to safeguarding children - Aileen Watson
Working together to tackle domestic violence - Jacki Tapley
Unlocking prisoners: does multi-agency working hold the key to the successful resettlement of released prisoners? - Gerry Parkinson
Offenders with mental health problems in the criminal justice system: the multi-agency challenge - Francis Pakes and Jane Winstone
The partnership approach to drug misuse - Bernie Heath
Dual diagnosis: issues and implications for criminal justice partnerships - Anne Rees
Youth Offending Teams: a multi-agency success or system failure? - Nicholas Pamment
The beauty of reflection and the beast of multi-agency cooperation - John E. Howard
Conclusion: does multi-agency working equate with effective practice? - Aaron Pycroft and Dennis Gough.

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