Research project

Rehabilitating Probation

Research groups:
Lead researcher:

Professor Harry Annison
Research funder:

ESRC
Status:

Active

Project overview

Rehabilitating Probation: Rebuilding culture, identity and legitimacy in a reformed public service is a three-year (2022-2024) ESRC funded research project that aims to examine the implementation, experiences and consequences of a significant and unprecedented programme of public service reform that has brought formerly outsourced probation services back into the public sector.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Harry Annison

Professor of Criminal Justice

Research interests

Penal politics
Probation and parole
Narratives, storylines and penal policy

Connect with Harry

Email: h.annison@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Justice Studies

The Centre for Justice Studies comprises a collaborative network of legal and other scholars concerned with exploring questions of criminal law, criminal justice and punishment.