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Coalition Government Penal Policy 2010–2015

Austerity, Outsourcing and Punishment

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. David Skinns

    1. Kendal, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Skinns
    Pages 1-4

  3. Crime, Criminal Justice and the Penal System

    • David Skinns
    Pages 5-25

  4. Assessing Penal Policy

    • David Skinns
    Pages 27-41

  5. The Coalition Government and Sentencing, 2010–15

    • David Skinns
    Pages 43-93

  6. Custodial Services

    • David Skinns
    Pages 95-150

  7. Community-Based Offender Services

    • David Skinns
    Pages 151-200

  8. Neo-liberalism and Austerity, Outsourcing and Punishment

    • David Skinns
    Pages 201-228

  9. Conclusion

    • David Skinns
    Pages 229-243

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 245-299
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About this book

This book shows how the overall impact of the penal policy agenda of the Coalition Government 2010-2015 has not led to the intended 'rehabilitation revolution', but austerity, outsourcing and punishment, designated here as 'punitive managerialism'.

The policy of austerity has led to significant budget cuts in legal aid and court services which threaten justice. It has also led to staffing reductions and overcrowding in the prison system which threaten order and have undermined more positive work with prisoners. The outsourcing of prison and community-based offender services is based on untried method with uncertain results. The shift in orientation towards punishment is regrettable because it is essentially negative. The book notes that this move to punitive managerialism is located in the broader trend towards neo-liberalism. It concludes by attempting to articulate the parameters of an affordable and emotionally satisfying yet humane and rational penal policy.>

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  • Kendal, United Kingdom

    David Skinns

About the author

David Skinns has a long-standing interest in penal policy, first stimulated by his work with young offenders, immediately after graduating. After completing postgraduate degrees at Sheffield University, UK, and Cambridge University, UK, he went on to further develop this interest by teaching criminology in higher education. He completed a PhD at Hull University, UK. After retiring from teaching, he began work with the Independent Monitoring Board for Prisons. 

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