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Robinson, G, Annison, H, Burke, L, Carr, N, Millings, M and Surridge, E (2023) Whose confidence? Regional leaders’ perspectives on building confidence in a reconfigured probation service. Criminology & Criminal Justice. ISSN 1748-8958
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Abstract
The idea that the institutions of criminal justice should command the confidence of the public and other stakeholders is a taken for granted ‘good’, but one which has rarely been considered from the perspectives of operational leaders within those institutions. We also know little about what happens at times of crisis, when claims are made about the erosion of confidence and leaders are charged with rebuilding it. In this article, we seek to engage critically with the idea of confidence in one criminal justice institution – the Probation Service in England & Wales – at just such a time. Drawing on original empirical research with the 12 leaders of the recently unified service, this article focuses on the question of whose confidence matters and considers some of the challenges associated with confidence-building work from the perspectives of these leaders. Our research revealed that the stakeholder groups whose confidence most concerned them were sentencers and other partner agencies; government ministers; and their own staff within the unified service. We introduce the idea of ‘domains of confidence’ to highlight the importance of understanding perspectives on confidence (and efforts to strengthen or rebuild it) in a relational space in which the particular positionality of actors in the criminal justice field must be understood.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1602 Criminology; 1801 Law; Criminology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Divisions: | Justice Studies (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2024 15:22 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2024 15:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/17488958231218571 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23793 |
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