The voluntary sector has a long history of involvement in criminal justice by providing a variety of services to offenders and their families, victims and witnesses. This collection brings together leading experts to provide critical reflections and cutting edge research on the contemporary features of voluntary sector work in criminal justice.
At a time when the voluntary sector's role is being transformed, this book examines the dynamic nature of the voluntary sector and its responses to current uncertainties, and some of the conflicting positions with regards to its present and future role in criminal justice work. It also examines the potential impact of economic, political and ideological trends on the role and remit of voluntary sector organisations which undertake criminal justice work.
1. Introduction; Anthea Hucklesby and Mary Corcoran PART I 2. Paved with Good Intentions: The Way Ahead for Voluntary Sector Organisations; Clive Martin, Lesley Frazer, Clare Hayes, Ellie Cumbo and Katie O'Donoghue 3. Third Tier in the Supply Chain? Voluntary Agencies and the Commissioning of Offender Rehabilitation Services; Mike Maguire 4. The Voluntary Sector and Public Services: Implications for Criminal Justice; Rod Dacombe and Elizabeth Morrow 5. Deconstructing the Panacea: The Benefits Fallacy in Volunteer Recruitment in Criminal Justice; Mary Corcoran and Jurgen Grotz 6. Researching the Voluntary Sector: When Worlds Collide; Carol Hedderman and Anthea Hucklesby PART II 7. Voluntary Work with Offenders: Providing Services in the Penal Environment; Alice Mills and Rosie Meek 8. Women's Voluntary Organizations and the Canadian Penal 'Culture of Control'; Kelly Hannah-Moffat and Paula Mauratto 9. Dealing with Diversity, the Voluntary Sector, and Criminal Justice; Loraine Gelsthorpe and Jane Dominey 10. Victims and the Voluntary Sector: A Torrid Affair; Katherine S. Williams
