Probation Values for the 1990s — and Beyond?

Abstract

Abstract: In a recent article, Nellis (1995) undertook a detailed analysis of factors which have served to undermine the ‘traditional’ value‐base of the probation service and outlined a new set of values for the 1990s which, he argued, were more appropriate to the changed role of the service within the criminal justice system and better suited to its changed organisational context. In this reply, the author argues that Nellis has not gone far enough, either in terms of analysing and responding to the changed political context in which criminal justice policy exists or in terms of building on recent developments in criminological theory and that the values he proposes contain and conceal a number of problematic and unresolved tensions and ambiguities. An alternative approach, building on the notion of relational justice, is therefore proposed.

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