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Latest probation reducing reoffending rates 27 Aug 2013 | 09:42 am
Local adult reoffending Last week the MoJ published the latest local adult re-offending rates. These figures will be scrutinised more closely than ever given the upcoming privatisation of the probat...
When Police Commissioners rule the world… 23 Aug 2013 | 09:35 am
Cheaper Justice I’ve never really understood why right-wing think tanks have been such strong advocates of Police and Crime Commissioners expanding their powers at such an early stage in their existe...
Dear Mr Grayling… My Transforming Rehabilitation wish list 19 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
Like a young child writing to Santa, I don’t quite know where to begin with my wish list of all the things I’d like to know from NOMS before the Transforming Rehabilitation procurement process starts ...
Five stages to spinning out a probation mutual 15 Aug 2013 | 09:46 am
This post is the first in a series written by Saleha Wadee CEO of Laurus Development, the first mutual to spin out of the probation service. 5 Stages of grief In the classic 5 stages of grief model...
Paying for the wrong results? 13 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
This post is based on last week’s paper by Ian Mulheirn, outgoing director of the Social Market Foundation, which argued that the Ministry of Justice’s has got its proposed payment mechanism for the n...
Relationships and ongoing assessment are key to reducing reoffending 8 Aug 2013 | 09:46 am
This post is based on a recent report published by the MoJ, the first publication from a longitudinal study of offenders who started Community Orders between October 2009 and December 2010. For some r...
The risky business of Social Impact Bonds 6 Aug 2013 | 09:48 am
This post is based on last week’s report by the Social Market Foundation. What is a Social Impact Bond? Social Impact Bonds were pioneered by Social Finance with the best known example being the ONE...
Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean the Internet’s not out to get me 2 Aug 2013 | 09:40 am
A recent post featuring an infographic showing how burglars use social media was the most popular one of the year. This new infographic commissioned by the Huffington Post from Visually gives an exce...
What can Transforming Rehabilitation learn from the Work Programme? 1 Aug 2013 | 09:41 am
This is my final post based on the recent report published by the Institute for Government on how government is failing to manage outsourced contracts properly. What was the point of the Work Progra....
The latest on re-offending rates 31 Jul 2013 | 09:39 am
Re-offending rates Last week the MoJ published the latest data on re-offending rates. These figures will be scrutinised more closely than ever given the upcoming privatisation of the probation servi...
