Abstract
The backdrop to the following discussion is the creation of the National Offender Management Service. This multi-agency arrangement is the most significant development for the criminal justice sector in recent years. Generally, despite an acknowledgement of the complexities that need to be addressed in establishing NOMS, I am arguing in its favour. It represents a necessary evolution in both a theoretical and a practical sense in the state and civil society's arrangements for punishment and rehabilitation. In particular I am arguing that these arrangements have the potential to rediscover the importance of a common humanity at the heart of an increasingly harsh penal process, via the formal involvement of a wider range of community based organizations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Community Justice |
Subtitle of host publication | Issues for Probation and Criminal Justice |
Editors | Jane Winstone, Francis Pakes |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis AS |
Chapter | 8 |
Pages | 130-141 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781843925781 |
ISBN (Print) | 1843921286 pbk |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |