In a critical and challenging personal reflection on recent developments in criminal justice, the author, a long-term prisoner, argues that the prisoner’s ‘voice’ has been subjugated with the dominance of risk- and control-based polices and practice, and accuses the probation service of being complicit in this process.
Bryans, S. ( 2000) ‘The Managerialisation of Prisons - Efficiency without a Purpose?’, Criminal Justice Matters40(1): 7-8.
3.
Burke, L. and S. Collett ( 2008) ‘Doing with or Doing to - What Now for the Probation Service?’, Criminal Justice Matters72(1): 9-11.
4.
Digard, L. (2010) ‘When Legitimacy isDenied: Offender Perceptions of the Prison Recall System’, Probation Journal57(1):43-61.
5.
Duncan, A. ( 2010) Inside Time, March.
6.
Edwards, D. and J. Potter ( 1992) Discursive Psychology. London: SAGE.
7.
Feeley, M. and J. Simon ( 1992) ‘The New Penology’, Criminology30(4): 452-474; also in McLaughlin et a1. (2003): 434.
8.
Fitzgibbon, W. ( 2009) ‘The Conveyor Belt of Criminal Justice: The Sonnex Case, Risk and De-skilling in Probation’, Criminal Justice Matters78(1): 6-7.
9.
Friendship, C., R. Mann and A. Beech ( 2003) Prison-based Sex Offender Treatment: An Evaluation, Home Office Findings 205. London: Home Office.
10.
Garland, D. ( 2001) The Culture of Control. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11.
Gianquitto, L. ( 2010) ‘OASys: A Highly Subjective Assessment’, Inside Time, April.
12.
Goldson, B. ( 2006) ‘What Works’ in McLaughlin, E. and J. Muncie Dictionary of Criminology. London: SAGE.
13.
Greenwood, P. ( 2003) ‘Selective Incapacitation’, in McLaughlin, E. J. Muncie and G. Hughes (eds) Criminological Perspectives. London: SAGE.
14.
Hanson, C. ( 2009a) ‘Probation Officers - Friend or Foe’, Inside Time, February: 27.
15.
Hanson, C. ( 2009b) ‘Dehumanising Process of Risk Assessment’ , Inside Time, December.
16.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons (2005) Recalled Prisoners. London: HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
17.
Hoggett, P. ( 2000) ‘Social Policy and the Emotions’, in G. Lewis, S. Gewirtz and J. Clarke (eds), Rethinking Social Policy. London: SAGE Publications.
18.
Hollway, W. and T. Jefferson ( 1997a) ‘The Risk Society in an Age of Anxiety: Situation Fear of Crime. Eliciting Narrative through the In-depth Interview’, Qualitative Enquiry3(1): 53-70.
19.
McLaughlin, E. and J. Muncie ( 2001) The Sage Dictionary of Criminology. London: SAGE.
20.
McLaughlin, E., J. Muncie and G. Hughes ( 2003) Criminologcal Perspectives. London : SAGE.
21.
Mann, M. ( 2009) ‘NOMS Reforms’, Inside Time , August 24.
22.
Martinson, R.L. ( 1974) ‘‘‘What Works?’’ Questions and Answers about Prison Reform’. The Pubic Interest35: 25-54.
23.
Matravers, A. ( 2003) Sex Offenders in the Community. Cullompton : Willan Publishing.
24.
Ministry of Justice (2009) Story of the Prison Population 1995-2009: England and Wales. London: Ministry of Justice.
25.
Ministry of Justice (2009) Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2008. London: The Stationery Office.
26.
Muncie, J. ( 2000) ‘Decriminalising Social Policy’ in G. Lewis, S. Gewirtz and J. Clarke (eds), Rethinking Social Policy. London: SAGE Publications.
27.
Naughton, M. ( 2009) ‘Does the / to Burst for Prisoners Who May be Innocent to Make Progress?’, The Howard Journal48(4): 357-372.
28.
NOMS Recall. Newsletter edition 7, annex A.
29.
Oldfield M. and R. Grimshaw ( 2008) ‘The Probation Spending Crisis’, Criminal Justice Matters73(1): 40-42.
30.
O’Malley, P. ( 1998) Crime and the Risk Society. Aldershot : Dartmouth Publishing.
31.
Pitts, J. ( 1992) ‘The End of an Era’, Howard Journal of Criminology31(2): 133-149.
32.
Roberts, J. ( 2010) ‘Grave Concerns over OASys Assessment’, Inside Time, April.
33.
Rose, K. ( 2010) Inside Time, April.
34.
Sadoff, R.L., H.A. Roethers and J. Peters ( 1971) ‘Clinical Measure of Enforced Group Psychotherapy’ , American Journal of Psychiatry128: 224-227.
35.
Seto, M. ( 2003) ‘Interpreting the Treatment Performance of Sex Offenders’ , in A. Matravers (ed.) Sex Offenders in the Community. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
36.
Simon, J. ( 1987) ‘The Emergence of the Risk Society’, Socialist Register95: 61-89.
37.
Skinns, L. ( 2008) ‘The Contours of the Police Custody Process: Governance and Accountability in a Post-PACE World’, Criminal Justice Matters71: 22-23.
