Good cop, bad cop, both? Examining the implications of risk based allocation on the desistance narratives of intensive probationers

Kay, Christopher

doi:10.1177/0264550516637242

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“…The main aim of the research documented here, was to examine the impact of macro level changes on the social contexts and desistance transitions of offenders. The study was located within the context of the privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales as part of the coalition governments 'Transforming Rehabilitation' agenda (see Kay, 2016aKay, , 2016b…”

Section: The Role Of Macro Contextual Factors In Identity Transformatmentioning

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Rethinking recovery and desistance processes: developing a social identity model of transition

Kay

Monaghan

2018

Addiction Research & Theory

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Background: In recent years, the role of social identity (or identities which are developed through involvement in social groups with others), has received increasing attention in relation to recovery from substance abuse disorders. However, it is also widely noted that the transformation of one's social identitie(s) is vital for the cessation of other, non-addictive behaviours, such as offending. Interestingly, the discussion of the role of social identity transformation in relation to both desistance and recovery simultaneously has seldom been undertaken. Methods: Drawing on primary research consisting of 20 double narrative interviews with young adult offenders on an Intensive Community Order, the paper builds upon the two most prominent social identity models surrounding addictive behaviour, the Social Identity Model of Recovery and the Social Identity Model of Cessation Maintenance in order to develop a social identity model which aids our understanding of desistance and recovery processes. Results: The paper presents a Social Identity Model of Transition (SIMOT), allowing for the synergies between desistance and recovery as processes of transition to come to light. Conclusion: SIMOT allows for an understanding of the role of social identity transformation in the transient nature of desistance and recovery processes. The model allows for an examination of the impact of macro and micro contextual factors on desistance and recovery processes in a way which has seldom been possible with the currently available models.

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Section: The Role Of Macro Contextual Factors In Identity Transformatmentioning

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Rethinking recovery and desistance processes: developing a social identity model of transition

Kay

Monaghan

2018

Addiction Research & Theory

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“…Alongside this, increased workloads and moves towards ‘reporting only’ models of supervision have, in her view, made it possible that community sentences face a ‘more fragmented and less legitimate future’ (Dominey , p.141). In a study looking at the impact on individuals on an intensive community order of being classified as ‘high risk’ and moved to the NPS, Kay () argued that this had a negative impact upon perceptions of self amongst supervisees, but also, in some cases caused them to question the competence of former (now CRC) supervisors. Overall, the impact was seen as having the potential to ‘disrupt the desistance process’ (p.167).…”

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Questions of Legitimacy in Probation Practice after Transforming Rehabilitation

Deering

Feilzer

2017

Howard J Crime Justice

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In this article, we discuss the impact of changes to the organisational structure of probation on the legitimacy of probation practice. In particular, we explore how the division of probation into the National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) could affect the self‐legitimacy felt by probation practitioners in both organisations and the implications for probation of a possible lack of overall legitimacy post‐Transforming Rehabilitation (TR). This article is based on empirical research exploring the views of probation staff of the (then) impending changes introduced via TR and reflections on what has happened since.

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“…These new models draw on the emerging evidence about post-TR community supervision. This evidence comes from two sources: the inspection of the work of CRCs carried out by HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and the research studies (in journal articles and the grey literature) and comment pieces that address the developing practice of CRCs (see, for example, McDermott, 2016;Millings et al, 2019;Gray et al, 2016;Fox et al, 2018;Dominey, 2018;Kay, 2016).…”

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Probation supervision as a network of relationships: Aiming to be thick, not thin

Dominey

2019

Probation Journal

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This article is about the networks of relationships (between people and between organisations) that underpin probation supervision. Drawing on evidence from a study researching these interactions, it develops two models of supervision (‘thin’ and ‘thick’) by taking themes that shape supervision and charting the interplay between them. The article develops these models in the increasingly fragmented landscape that has followed the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms in England and Wales. The concepts of ‘thin’ and ‘thick’ are used here to describe the supervisory network. Thin supervision describes a minimal and administrative approach to supervision. By contrast, thick supervision requires a network with strong and purposeful links. The article acknowledges the impact of public sector spending cuts on probation services and concludes by reflecting on the challenge of building and sustaining thick supervision in the current context.

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Good cop, bad cop, both? Examining the implications of risk based allocation on the desistance narratives of intensive probationers

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Rethinking recovery and desistance processes: developing a social identity model of transition

Rethinking recovery and desistance processes: developing a social identity model of transition

Questions of Legitimacy in Probation Practice after Transforming Rehabilitation

Probation supervision as a network of relationships: Aiming to be thick, not thin

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