Improving Interagency Collaboration, Innovation and Learning in Criminal Justice Systems: Supporting Offender Rehabilitation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 303070663X ISBN 13: 9783030706630

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Synopsis

This Open Access edited collection seeks to improve collaboration between criminal justice and welfare services in order to help prepare offenders for life after serving a prison sentence. It examines the potential tensions between criminal justice agencies and other organisations which are involved in the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, most notably those engaged in mental health care or third sector organisations. It then suggests a variety of different methods and approaches to help to overcome such tensions and promote inter-agency collaboration and co-working, drawing on emerging research and models, with a focus on the practice in European and Scandinavian countries. For academics and practitioners working in prisons and the penal system, this collection will be invaluable. 

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About the Author

Sarah Hean is Professor of Social Work at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and Professor of Social Sciences at the Bournemouth University, UK.

Berit Johnsen is Research Professor in Penology at the University College of Norwegian Correctional Service, Norway. She has carried out a range of studies of Norwegian prisons and published both nationally and internationally.

Laure Kloetzer is Assistant Professor in Socio-Cultural Psychology at the Institute of Psychology and Education, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 

Anu Kajamaa is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland. 

From the Back Cover

This Open Access edited collection seeks to improve collaboration between criminal justice and welfare services in order to help prepare offenders for life after serving a prison sentence. It examines the potential tensions between criminal justice agencies and other organisations which are involved in the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, most notably those engaged in mental health care or third sector organisations. It then suggests a variety of different methods and approaches to help to overcome such tensions and promote inter-agency collaboration and co-working, drawing on emerging research and models, with a focus on the practice in European and Scandinavian countries. For academics and practitioners working in prisons and the penal system, this collection will be invaluable. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303070663X
• ISBN 13: 9783030706630
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 489
• Editor: Hean Sarah, Johnsen Berit, Kajamaa Anu, Kloetzer Laure