LEADER 04457nam 22007455 450 001 9910733720203321 005 20240322061528.0 010 $a9783031007972 010 $a3031007972 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-00797-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7054655 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7054655 035 $a(CKB)24294147100041 035 $a(PPN)263902323 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-00797-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924294147100041 100 $a20220728d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConservative Government Penal Policy 2015-2021 $eAusterity, Outsourcing and Punishment Redux? /$fby Christopher David Skinns 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (477 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Skinns, Christopher David Conservative Government Penal Policy 2015-2021 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031007965 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Critique -- 3. Courts and sentencing -- 4. Prisons -- 5. Probation -- 6. Bias and discrimination in the penal system -- 7. The pandemic and the penal system -- 8. Why has the penal crisis been exacerbated by recent government policy? -- 9. What is to be done? -- 10. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book interrogates Conservative government penal policy for adult and young adult offenders in England and Wales between 2015 and 2021. Government penal policy is shown to have been often ineffective and costly, and to have revived efforts to push the system towards a disastrous combination of austerity, outsourcing and punishment that has exacerbated the penal crisis. This investigation has meant touching on topical debates dealing with the impact of resource scarcity on offenders' experiences of the penal system, the impact of an increasing emphasis on punishment on offenders' sense of justice and fairness, the balance struck between infection control and offender welfare during the government handling of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and why successive Conservative governments have intransigently pursued a penal policy that has proved crisis-exacerbating. The overall conclusion reached is that penal policy is too important to be left to governments alone and needs to be recalibrated by a one-off inquiry, complemented by an on-going advisory body capable of requiring governments to 'explain or change'. The book is distinctive in that it provides a critical review of penal policy change, whist combining this with insights derived from the sociological analysis of penal trends. Christopher David Skinns is an independent commentator. He 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 university teaching, he began work with the Independent Monitoring Board for Prisons. . 606 $aCorrections 606 $aPunishment 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aLaw and the social sciences 606 $aCrime$xSociological aspects 606 $aCritical criminology 606 $aSocial policy 606 $aPrison and Punishment 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aSocio-Legal Studies 606 $aCrime and Society 606 $aCritical Criminology 606 $aSocial Policy 615 0$aCorrections. 615 0$aPunishment. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aLaw and the social sciences. 615 0$aCrime$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aCritical criminology. 615 0$aSocial policy. 615 14$aPrison and Punishment. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aSocio-Legal Studies. 615 24$aCrime and Society. 615 24$aCritical Criminology. 615 24$aSocial Policy. 676 $a345.42 676 $a364.01 700 $aSkinns$b Christopher David$01370296 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910733720203321 996 $aConservative government penal policy 2015-2021$93398446 997 $aUNINA