ISSN:
0951-3558
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Political Science
,
Economics
Notes:
Despite the rhetoric of new public sector management, criminaljustice agencies in England and Wales are still driven by a politicalagenda. Initiatives, such as the setting of targets and increasedefficiency objectives, can be over-ridden not only by reversals ofgovernment policy but by clashing agency policies. The absence of aclear management strategy for all criminal justice agencies renders themliable to sudden change in a sensitive political climate. Analyses caseexamples discussing cautioning of offenders and the granting of bail todemonstrate the "knock-on" effects of policy change in onearea for a whole series of agencies further along the line. Concludesthat moral panics and political pressure are greater predictors ofmanagerial change than sound business sense.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513559510077788
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