The Management of Change in Criminal Justice: Who Knows Best?

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Who Knows Best? A Question About How Criminal Policy Change Takes Place....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
The End or the Beginning of an Era? Politics and Punishment Under Margaret Thatcher’s Government....Pages 33-48
Troubled, Troubling or Troublesome? Troubled Families and the Changing Shape of Youth Justice....Pages 49-63
Understanding the Marketisation of the Probation Service Through an Interpretative Policy Framework....Pages 64-79
‘Community’ Knows Best? Community Involvement in Criminal Justice....Pages 80-97
Continuity and Change in Prisons....Pages 98-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
‘We Were the System’: Practitioners’ Experiences and the Juvenile Justice Mosaic in the 1980s....Pages 115-133
From Planning to Practice: Pioneering Community Service Orders in England and Wales, 1972–1974....Pages 134-151
The Management of Community Justice Services in Scotland: Policy-Making and the Dynamics of Central and Local Control....Pages 152-169
Developing Local Cultures in Criminal Justice Policy-Making: The Case of Youth Justice in Wales....Pages 170-185
Regulating Street Sex Workers: A Reflection on the Use and Reform of Anti-Social Behaviour Measures....Pages 186-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Managing Magistrates’ Courts: A Loss of Local Control....Pages 209-225
The Crown Court: Unified Structure or Local Justice?....Pages 226-240
The Youth Court: Time for Reform?....Pages 241-258
Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence....Pages 259-274
Wielding the Sword of Damocles: The Challenges and Opportunities in Reforming Police Out-of-Court Disposals in England and Wales....Pages 275-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-296