Democratic localism and the implementation of the Community Remedy in England and Wales

Heap, Vicky; Paterson, Craig

doi:10.1177/1748895819848812

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“…As with other debates about ‘Total Place’ budgeting in public service, the funding arrangements underpinning RCCF may also be uncertain, leading to unevenness between places and over time. This further supports Heap and Patterson’s (2021) argument that the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) in the development of CR programmes might offer the prospect of local innovation but also risks uncertainty and unequal opportunities to reduce reoffending and to improve victim satisfaction. These concerns reflect wider trends across many policy sectors, and more widely within the policing and criminal justice sector.…”

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Streamlining out-of-court disposals: Assessing the impact on reoffending and police practice

Bengtsson

Rowe

Biddle

et al. 2022

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Police services in England and Wales have developed varied approaches to the use of conditional cautions, and this study examines the effectiveness of one set of reforms: a Revised Conditional Caution Framework. With an overall aim of diverting offenders from the Criminal Justice System and addressing offenders’ criminogenic needs, various programmes of meaningful activity were mandated for offenders. The Revised Conditional Caution Framework refers offenders to a relevant ‘pathway’, to address their offending behaviour(s). If an offender fails to complete the activity within the relevant pathway, without good reason, they revert back through the court system. The aim of the Revised Conditional Caution Framework was to apply meaningful conditions to the conditional caution (e.g. alcohol educational intervention), to focus upon addressing the root cause of the offending behaviour. In this study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of the Revised Conditional Caution Framework in reducing reoffending. The research was conducted between January 2018 and May 2019 and adopted a mixed methodology of qualitative and quantitative research; notably, focus groups with police officers, semi-structured interviews with offenders and pathway providers and an analysis of police data on offender compliance levels. We found that the Revised Conditional Caution Framework is perceived by many professionals and offenders to provide a platform for tackling the root cause of recidivism and thereby reducing reoffending. It is argued that the premise of Revised Conditional Caution Framework is one that conceives of offending in individualistic terms that pay insufficient attention to the social and economic context in which offending is situated. The article also raises questions about the impact of the Revised Conditional Caution Framework on police professionalism and argues that it might be understood as a restriction on the exercise of discretion since it further restricts officers’ scope to respond to offenders and criminal behaviour.

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Streamlining out-of-court disposals: Assessing the impact on reoffending and police practice

Bengtsson

Rowe

Biddle

et al. 2022

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Bridging the Trust Divide: Understanding the Role of ‘localism’ and the ‘local’ in Cultural Policy

Evans

2023

New Directions in Cultural Policy Research

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Cultural institutions can play an important enabling and educative role in fostering and strengthening democratic governance as they have a uniquely trusted position on the frontline of community democracy, civic agency and learning. This chapter critically evaluates the theory and practice of localism which has emerged in the disciplines of public policy and management, geography and governance to examine the role that local cultural institutions could and sometimes do play in enhancing democratic governance. It is argued that a focus on public value creation and participatory governance provides a fruitful starting point for the development of a reflexive research agenda that seeks to articulate the relationship between localism, governance and the role of cultural institutions in a systematic and meaningful way.

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Specific Issues in of Applying Release on Parole in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Theory and Practice

Nuridin

2023

Russian Journal of Criminology

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The questions of the theory and practice of applying release on parole or non-application of certain types of punishment to some categories of persons are widely discussed in research publications both in Kazakhstan and abroad. However, an analysis of amendments introduced in Kazakh normative legal acts concerning release on parole (criminal, criminal procedure, penitentiary legislation, normative decrees of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan) reveals some discrepancies that should be corrected. The practice of applying release on parole shows that certain issues require additional legislative regulation with the purpose of eliminating any doubts about the interpretation of the law, which determines the relevance of their research. Frequent changes in legislation cause difficulties for the correct application of these normative legal acts by courts, for example, those connected with the revocation of parole, or annulment of the request for parole, which is what most often happens in practice. The abovementioned legal acts and research publications are used to conduct an analysis of the conditions for the revocation of parole, and then propose changes in Part 7 of Art 72 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is mentioned that the practice of using preventative measures by state, law enforcement bodies and non-governmental organizations is not always effective enough. Due to this, legislation should provide for the measures of its improvement, and a large-scale comprehensive plan for the re-integration of persons released on parole into all spheres of social life should be developed. The author also concludes that it is necessary to introduce certain amendments into the Rules of Monitoring the Behavior of Persons Released on Parole, which will reduce paperwork for the district police inspectors and probation officers.

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Democratic localism and the implementation of the Community Remedy in England and Wales

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Streamlining out-of-court disposals: Assessing the impact on reoffending and police practice

Streamlining out-of-court disposals: Assessing the impact on reoffending and police practice

Bridging the Trust Divide: Understanding the Role of ‘localism’ and the ‘local’ in Cultural Policy

Specific Issues in of Applying Release on Parole in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Theory and Practice

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