Policy Transfer in Criminal Justice (PDF)

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

"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