Managing Offenders On Short Custodial Sentences

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 0102963568

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Managing offenders on short custodial sentences by Great Britain: National Audit Office Pdf

More than 60,000 prisoners serve sentences of under 12 months each year at a cost to National Offender Management Service (NOMS) of around £300 million. These prisoners tend to have more previous convictions than other offenders, with an average of 16 previous convictions each and, as a group, they also have a high level of homelessness, joblessness and drug and alcohol problems. NOMS is successfully keeping the vast majority of short-sentenced prisoners safe and well - a notable achievement in a time of prison overcrowding - but is currently struggling to manage this group effectively, in part because most spend six weeks or less in prison. But the provision of daytime activity for them is generally inadequate to meet HM Inspectorate of Prisons' standards for a healthy prison. The NAO found that one half of short-sentenced prisoners are not involved in work or courses and spend almost all day in their cells. Prisons offer a range of courses and other activities to reduce re-offending; but waiting lists are too long. Prisons often do not match prisoners with appropriate assistance. Only a small proportion of prison budgets is spent on activity intended to reduce re-offending by prisoners on short sentences, despite the fact that 60 per cent of such prisoners are reconvicted within a year of release, at an estimated economic and social cost of £7 billion to £10 billion a year. The NAO argues that NOMS could achieve greater value for money by improving prisons' work with these offenders

Author : Hough, Mike,Allen, Rob,Una Padel
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781861348128

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Reshaping Probation and Prisons by Hough, Mike,Allen, Rob,Una Padel Pdf

The Government has embarked on a programme of radical reform for the probation and prison services with the setting up of a National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The aim is to make the two services work more effectively together, and to promote private sector involvement in 'corrections' work. This groundbreaking volume takes a critical look at the different aspects of the NOMS proposals, at a time when the Government is still working out the detail of its reforms. No other academic publication has scrutinised the NOMS proposals so closely. Through six contributions from leading experts on probation and criminal justice the report identifies the risks attached to NOMS; assesses the prospects of success; provides ideas for reshaping government plans and presents an authoritative critique of a set proposals that could go badly wrong. The report will be crucial reading for politicians, civil servants and criminal justice managers. Senior probation and prison staff will find it of particular value.

Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 0101851723

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Transforming Rehabilitation by Great Britain: Ministry of Justice Pdf

This report sets out the most significant reforms to tackling re-offending and managing offenders in the community for a generation. Consistently high re-offending rates have led to the radical overhaul with almost half of all prison-leavers reoffending within 12 months - for those serving less than a year that figure rises to almost 58 per cent. For the first time all offenders, including those serving less than 12 months, will be subject to mandatory supervision and tailored rehabilitation on release from prison. Further plans include: a greater use of mentors to meet offenders at the prison gate and support them in the community; only paying in full for services that are proven to work at reducing re-offending; and opening up rehabilitation services to a much wider range of providers, who are free to innovate and do the things that work to turn offenders' lives around. What we do at the moment is send people out of prison with £46 in their pocket, and no support at all. The proposals will see all of those sentenced to prison or probation properly punished while being helped to turn away from crime for good. They will also mean taxpayers' money is only spent on what works when it comes to cutting crime. These proposals build on a consultation from last year which set out plans to open up rehabilitation services to the private and voluntary sector to drive innovation through the criminal justice system and increase the use of Payment by Results

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 0102987246

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National Audit Office - Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service - HC 735 by Great Britain: National Audit Office Pdf

The current strategy for the prison estate in England and Wales has provided good quality accommodation, suitable for decades to come for prisoners with a wide range of security categorizations. The strategy is also a significant improvement in value for money over the short-term and reactive approaches of the early and middle 2000s. However, the strategy has resulted in the closure of several prisons that were performing well, and their performance has not yet been matched by new establishments. Some prisoners still routinely share cells, some of them in overcrowded conditions. The strategy understandably focuses on cost reduction and, by 2015-16, it will have resulted in total savings of £211 million, with further savings accruing at a rate of £70 million a year thereafter. However, decision-making has sometimes traded good quality and performance for greater savings. The Ministry of Justice and NOMS use good forecasts of prisoner numbers and have good contingency plans to help them implement changes to the estate, for example responding effectively to an unexpected spike in prisoner numbers after the riots in 2011. NOMS could free up more spare capacity if prisoners serving indeterminate sentences had more access to accredited courses the completion of which might reduce their risk of causing harm sufficiently to allow the Parole Board to release them. The report also points out that the Home Office removes over 1,000 foreign national offenders from the UK every quarter but, for a number of reasons, is currently removing fewer than in 2009

Author : Ireland. Department of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000042361935

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The Management of Offenders by Ireland. Department of Justice Pdf

This document outlines the problems now arising in the management of offenders, how these problems will be tackled in the years ahead and review progress on the implementation of the Whitaker Report published in 1985.

Author : Rosie Meek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135081904

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Sport in Prison by Rosie Meek Pdf

Although prison can present a critical opportunity to engage with offenders through interventions and programming, reoffending rates among those released from prison remain stubbornly high. Sport can be a means through which to engage with even the most challenging and complex individuals caught up in a cycle of offending and imprisonment, by offering an alternative means of excitement and risk taking to that gained through engaging in offending behaviour, or by providing an alternative social network and access to positive role models. This is the first book to explore the role of sport in prisons and its subsequent impact on rehabilitation and behavioural change. The book draws on research literature on the beneficial role of sport in community settings and on prison cultures and regimes, across disciplines including criminology, psychology, sociology and sport studies, as well as original qualitative and quantitative data gathered from research in prisons. It unpacks the meanings that prisoners and staff attach to sport participation and interventions in order to understand how to promote behavioural change through sport most effectively, while identifying and tackling the key emerging issues and challenges. Sport in Prison is essential reading for any advanced student, researcher, policy-maker or professional working in the criminal justice system with an interest in prisons, offending behaviour, rehabilitation, sport development, or the wider social significance of sport.

Author : Susan Easton,Christine Piper
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199693535

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Sentencing and Punishment by Susan Easton,Christine Piper Pdf

This text presents an overview of sentencing and punishment from penological, social policy and legal perspectives. It provides an accessible account of the changing attitudes of the public, policy makers and the judiciary regarding what constitutes 'just' punishment.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215545028

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The Government's approach to crime prevention by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

The Government's Cutting Crime strategy was introduced in 20-07 to re-focus crime prevention activity on areas where progress on crime reduction has been slow, particularly youth crime, more serious offending, anti-social behaviour, reducing re-offending and designing-out crime. To be successful in tackling youth anti-social behaviour and ensuring perpetrators do not progress to more serious offending, enforcement must be coupled with support. A more effective long-term prevention strategy must focus on early intervention with young children and their parents. The Government has made a good start in this area, but needs to go further, ensuring that support reaches the most vulnerable and is available throughout the childhood years. Starting secondary school is a particularly formative time for children; mentoring would help those lacking support at home to manage this transition. Whilst the frequency of re-offending has been reduced there are still groups with very high re-offending rates, particularly young men and those serving short-term custodial sentences. Prisons must do more to ensure that training and employment meets the needs of individual prisoners and the labour market, and to ensure that a higher proportion of individuals benefit from resettlement support. The Government should also place more emphasis on measures to prevent opportunities for crime, including fast progress towards meeting its goal of introducing an early warning system to identify emerging crime trends

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 0102935696

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National Offender Management Service by Great Britain: National Audit Office Pdf

By September 2005, the prison population in England and Wales reached a record level of 77,300, an increase of 25,000 prisoners over the last ten years, resulting in increased levels of overcrowding and stretched resources. According to Home Office data for 2004, there were 141 people in custody per 100,000 of the population in England and Wales, compared to 98 per 100,000 in Germany and 93 per 100,000 in France. This NAO report examines how the National Offender Management Service (which has responsibility for managing and accommodating prisoners) is dealing with the pressure on places and the implications for performance, particularly the accuracy of Home Office projections of the future population and the impacts of overcrowding on the adult prison estate. The report does not deal with sentencing policy. Findings include that prison population projections have proved unreliable over the longer term; overcrowding is a particular problem for local prisons; the costs of temporarily holding prisoners in police cells have been considerable; and overcrowding disrupts prisoner rehabilitation programmes designed to prevent re-offending.

Author : Anthony H. Goodman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118312247

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Rehabilitating and Resettling Offenders in the Community by Anthony H. Goodman Pdf

Rehabilitating and Resettling Offenders in the Community is a significant examination of the historical development of work with offenders and their treatment by the state and society. It offers unique perspectives and a wealth of information drawn from numerous interviews with probation staff. Highlights how the work of probation staff has changed over time and the reasons behind these changes Includes discourse with probation staff carried out over many years for a comprehensive, 'insiders' view of the situation Focuses on contemporary issues, including the changes brought in by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition Written by a leading academic with extensive experience in the probation service

Author : Robinson, Anne
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447317906

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Foundations for offender management by Robinson, Anne Pdf

'Offender management' for probation means continuing commitment to constructive work with individuals who break the law but in a changing multi-agency context. Providing a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice work, this book negotiates the structures set by law and policy and allows readers to think critically about roles, accountabilities and professional skills and judgement. Looking at key areas of practice and law, including youth justice, human rights and safeguarding children, the book will be essential for students and practitioners in criminal justice and probation studies.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215021193

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Rehabilitation of Prisoners by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee Pdf

Incorporating HCP 1245-i-iii, session 2002-03 and HCP 66-i-iii, session 2003-04

Author : Chris Fox,Kevin Albertson,Kevin Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134453139

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Justice Reinvestment by Chris Fox,Kevin Albertson,Kevin Wong Pdf

Rising prison numbers on both sides of the Atlantic are cause for concern. Justice Reinvestment is a major movement in criminal justice reform in the US that is also attracting lots of interest in the UK. Justice Reinvestment is an approach to addressing the penal crisis that uses the best available evidence to re-direct resources to more effective rehabilitation of offenders and better ‘prehabilitation’. It takes a more holistic view of criminal justice and is particularly concerned to address the community dimensions of offending and re-offending. The authors highlight competing models of Justice Reinvestment and argue for a more radical version in which criminal justice reform is seen as part of a wider social justice reform programme. This is the first substantial publication on Justice Reinvestment and shows that ‘Justice Reinvestment’ has huge potential to re-shape the criminal justice system. It will be essential reading for undergraduate and post-graduate students with an interest in criminal justice reform. Practitioners and policy-makers working in the criminal justice system in the US and the UK will also value the fresh perspective it brings to criminal justice reform and its breadth of coverage including insights into the penal crisis, different models of Justice Reinvestment, the use of criminal justice data and research evidence in re-designing criminal justice services and new approaches to commissioning.

Author : Catherine Appleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Criminals
ISBN : IND:30000109222475

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The Resettlement of Discretionary Life-sentenced Offenders by Catherine Appleton Pdf

Author : Anthea Hucklesby,Lystra Hagley-Dickinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134004065

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Prisoner Resettlement by Anthea Hucklesby,Lystra Hagley-Dickinson Pdf

Prisoner resettlement is high on current political and policy agendas. The high reconviction rates of ex-prisoners have been acknowledged for many years but the rapidly rising prison population has meant that more prisoners than ever before are released. This together with the pressure this puts on to the infrastructure of the prison estate and the publication of two influential reports which highlighted the problems faced by prisoners leaving prison has concentrated attention on attempts to ensure that prisoners do not return to prison once released. The resettlement of prisoners is now a priority policy area linked directly to Government initiatives to reduce reoffending. The renewed policy interest in prisoners resettlement forms the context of this volume, which brings together current knowledge and understanding about prisoners resettlement. The book draws on the contributors extensive experience as researchers and practitioners in the field and includes contributions from acknowledged experts. Prisoner Resettlement provides a comprehensive review and analysis of resettlement policy and practice in England and Wales in the early part of the 21st century. In particular it: critically reviews current policy, theory, practice and research on prisoners resettlement explores practice issues through case studies of two resettlement initiatives and an examination of accommodation provision and voluntary sector involvement in prisoners resettlement; and examines the particular issues raised by the resettlement of different groups of prisoners including women, minority ethnic groups, prolific and priority offenders and high-risk offenders.