Policy Transfer in Criminal Justice: Crossing Cultures, Breaking Barriers

by Mary Anne McFarlane, Rob Canton

Overview

Will 'what works' in one country work in another? This unique collection examines the cross-cultural transfer of skills and expertise, drawing out the opportunities and challenges involved in taking penal practices from one country to another.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349453177
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Randel Barrows, Independent Trainer and Consultant, UK Kevin Barry, Ministry of Justice, UK Meg Blumsom, Probation Service, UK Rob Canton, De Montfort University, UK Danny Clark, Ministry of Justice, UK Jodie Das, Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse Charity, UK Beverley Dubash, Youth Offending Service, UK Nariman Dubash, Probation Service, UK Tony Grapes, Correctional Systems, UK John Harding, International advisor and Writer, UK Ergin Kaptan, Turkish-English Interpreter, Turkey Maggie Loma, Association of Humanistic Practitioners, UK Mary Anne McFarlane, Senior International Advisor on Criminal Justice, UK Anna Ochtman, Dutch Probation Service, The Netherlands Emma Osborne, Probation Service, UK Norman Powell, Ministry of Justice for England and Wales, UK Beverley Radcliffe, International Consultant and Trainer, UK Martin Seddon, Department For International Development, UK Jane Shackman, Consultant and Trainer, UK Martin Spragg, Integrated Children's Services, Devon, UK Steve Stanley, Former Probation Researcher and Consultant, UK Barbara Unterlerchner, Weisser Ring, Austria Leyla Welkin, Pomegranate Connection Program, Turkey Jeanette Whitford, Probation Trust, UK Baris Yüncüler, Council of Europe, Turkey

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Introduction; Rob Canton and Mary Anne McFarlane 1. The Partnership between the UK in Developing Probation and Other Criminal Justice Services, and Turkey's Path to Accession; Kevin Barry and Mary Anne McFarlane PART II: MANAGEMENT, LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL ISSUES 2. Change Management through International Assistance Projects in Turkey; Norman Powell and Baris Yüncüler 3. Developing Management Skills in the Turkish Probation Service; Jeanette Whitford and Meg Blumsom 4. Why Work Across Cultures?; Leyla Welkin 5. The Role of Language and the Interpreter in the Transfer of Professional Policy and Practice; Ergin Kaptan and Rob Canton PART III: THE TRANSFER OF POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR WORK WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS 6. The Development of Policy and Interagency Working with Juvenile Offenders in Turkey; John Harding and Anna Ochtman 7. Developing Research and Information; Steve Stanley 8. National Standards in the Turkish Probation Service: A Solution Looking for a Problem?; Tony Grapes 9. Offending Behaviour Programmes for Juveniles; Danny Clark and Emma Osborne 10. Training Turkish Probation Managers to Support Work with Juvenile Offenders; Beverley Dubash and Nariman Dubash 11. Substance Misuse and Alcohol Programmes for Juveniles; Martin Spragg PART IV: TRANSFER OF POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR WORK WITH VICTIMS OF CRIME 12. Support Work with Victims of Crime – Developing Intervention and Training Manuals for Probation staff; Beverley Radcliffe and Jane Shackman 13. Developing Programmes for Victims of Domestic Abuse; Jodie Das and Barbara Unterlerchner 14. Developing Programmes for Victims of Sexual Violence; Maggie Lomax PART V: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 15. Not far from Europe – but how can we Make our Penal Reform Messages Relevant?; Martin Seddon 16. Towards a Clearer Vision – Reflections on Policy Transfer in Penal Reform; Randel Barrows 17. Conclusions

Editorial Reviews

"This admirable case study into managing young offenders explores the problems that arise when policy makers attempt to transfer penal policies and practices from one country to another. Our understaning of the mechanics of securing penal change across national borders is greatly enhanced by this book." - Professor Mick Ryan, University of Greenwich, London, UK

"Transferring criminal justice policies and programmes across countries is now key to both national policy development and international communication. Mary Anne McFarlane and Rob Canton have put together this fascinating edited collection in which practitioners explore their experiences of trying to transfer practice relating to probation supervision of adults and young people to Turkey. It illustrates all the challenges, but also some of the solutions and tips of how to work with another probation practice culture and how that puts one's own assumptions to the test. A very important read for any international criminal justice practitioner or policy maker." - Professor Joanna Shapland, Edward Bramley Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Sheffield, UK

"Since its inception, probation has travelled from United States to Australia and then to England and Wales, France and other European jurisdictions. Literature is not very generous in providing inside stories of why and how this penal policy transfer has happened. This is the main merit of this book: it a case study of how Western ideas were adapted and implemented in the Eastern part of the continent. By doing that, the book fulfills brilliantly a gap in the literature and constitutes an invaluable resource for those working in consultancy or researching the penal policy transfer field." - Dr Ioan Durnescu, University of Bucharest

"This volume represents a precious resource both for those involved in policy and practice transfer and for those who study it. The editors have created an intriguing and thought-provoking book by asking participants in a project to develop probation, youth justice and work with victims in Turkey to describe and reflect upon their experiences. The result is a collection that deserves to be treated not just as a sourcebook of advice for those involved in such work, but also as a dataset for analysis by those who study it. I know of no other collection that better captures a range of perspectives on the many complexities of the dilemmas and challenges posed by policy and practice transfer." - Professor Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology & Social Work, University of Glasgow, UK

"One likely consequence of the political hit affecting probation at home is a haemorrhage of human capital - experience professionals and managers who either find that their services are no longer required ... Some of them may end up turning their attention elsewhere, and perhaps joining the ranks of probation personnel... To all of them, I recommend this volume as essential reading" - Gwen Robinson, British Journal of Criminology 55(3)

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