Punishment in the Community

265 Pages·2005·5.52 MB·English

by  Anne Worrall

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Punishment in the Community

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Policing, Ethics and Human Rights

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Punishment in the Community
Managing offenders, making choices
Second edition
Anne Worrall
Clare Hoy

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Policing, Ethics and Human Rights
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First edition Longman Group 1997
Second edition published 2005
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Contents
Contents
List of abbreviations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Preface to the second edition xi
Introduction xiii
Part One The Principle and Politics of Punishment in
the Community
Chapter 1 Introducing community penalties 3

Chapter 2 From alternatives to custody to punishment in the
community 23
Chapter 3 The Criminal Justice Act 1991 and its demise 40
Chapter 4 Constructing the punishing community under
New Labour 57
Part Two The Changing Role of the Probation Service
Chapter 5 From ‘advise, assist and befriend’ to ‘enforcement,
rehabilitation and public protection’ 73
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Chapter 6 Taking the ‘social’ out of inquiry reports 98
Chapter 7 Demanding but not degrading? The appeal of
community punishment and electronic monitoring 116
Chapter 8 From counselling to instruction: the development
of ‘help’ in probation discourse 136
Chapter 9 Unacceptable crimes or unacceptable criminals?
Sex offenders 162
Chapter 10 Unacceptable crimes or unacceptable criminals?
Juvenile and youth justice 176
Chapter 11 The future of Punishment in the Community 197
Recommended further reading 212
References 213
Index 235

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List of abbreviations
List of abbreviations
ACE Assessment, Case management and Evaluation
ACOP Association of Chief Officers of Probation
ASBO Anti-Social Behaviour Order
CAFCASS Children and Family Court Advisory and Support
Service
CCETSW Central Council for Education and Training in Social
Work
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CP Community Punishment
CPO Community Punishment Order
CPRO Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order
CQSW Certificate of Qualification in Social Work
CRO Community Rehabilitation Order

CS Community Service
DSPD Dangerous Severely Personality Disordered
DTO Detention and Training Order
DTTO Drug Treatment and Testing Order
ECP Enhanced Community Punishment
EM Electronic Monitoring
HDC Home Detention Curfew
ISSP Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme
MAPPA Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements
MAPPP Multi-Agency Public Protection Panel
MPSO Money Payment Supervision Order
NACRO National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation
of Offenders
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NAO National Audit Office
NAPO National Association of Probation Officers
NOMS National Offender Management Service
NPD National Probation Directorate
NPS National Probation Service
OASys Offender Assessment System
OGRS Offender Group Reconviction Score
PSO Probation Service Officer
PSR Pre-Sentence Report
ROC scale Risk of Custody scale
ROM Regional Offender Manager
SFR Short Format Report
SIR Social Inquiry Report
SOTP Sex Offender Treatment Programme
SSR Specific Sentence Report
STC Secure Training Centre
STOP Straight Thinking on Probation
YOT Youth Offending Team

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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Anne Worrall acknowledges that many past and present colleagues in
the probation service, Manchester University and Keele University
have contributed to the thinking behind this book. She also wants to
thank Neil Morgan and colleagues at the Crime Research Centre,
University of Western Australia, Perth, for their support and for
providing stimulating perspectives on penal policy and practice from
the ‘other side’ of the world. Richard Harding, Inspector of Custodial
Services for Western Australia, has offered encouragement and wise
counsel on innumerable occasions. Beverley Hughes, as an academic
colleague, friend and politician, has been a beacon of competence and
integrity; as a Home Office minister, she represented the very best of
New Labour. Finally, thanks are due to Andrew and Jennifer for their
unquestioning love and tolerance.

Clare Hoy would not have taken on the challenge of co-writing this
book without the knowledge that her colleagues in Cheshire Probation
Area and South Cheshire Magistrates’ Court would offer support.
They have also clarified many practice and legal details and thanks are
due to them – Cedric Fullwood, Steve Collett and the Senior
Management Team at Cheshire PA, and Richard Holland and
colleagues at Crewe Court. Tony Hoy’s support has allowed much time
to be spent in this endeavour.
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