Prisoner relationships with voluntary sector practitioners

TOMCZAK, PHILIPPA J.; ALBERTSON, KATHERINE E.

Abstract

© 2016 The Howard League and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Recent scholarship has indicated that the voluntary sector is becoming increasingly important in marketised penal service delivery. However, market policy reforms are thought to pose risks to distinctive voluntary sector work with prisoners. Although commentators have suggested that the voluntary sector and its staff make distinctive contributions to prisoners, these have long been poorly understood. This article uses original interview data to demonstrate that voluntary sector practitioners can offer prisoners distinctive opportunities and relational experiences. Prisoner relationships with voluntary sector practitioners can be differentiated from those with education and custodial staff. Furthermore, these relationships may have distinctively enduring effects.

Citation

TOMCZAK, P. J., & ALBERTSON, K. E. (2016). Prisoner relationships with voluntary sector practitioners. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 55(1-2), 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12164

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 17, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 28, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Deposit Date: Oct 31, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 1, 2018
• Journal: The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
• Print ISSN: 2059-1098
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 57-72
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12164
• Keywords: Prisoner relationships; penal voluntary sector; emotions; prisons
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1214810
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12164
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Philippa J. Tomczak, Katherine E. Albertson, Prisoner relationships with voluntary sector practitioners, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, v. 55, 1-2, pp. 57-72, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12164. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.