The role of storylines in penal policy change
The role of storylines in penal policy change
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故事情节在刑事政策变革中的作用
DOI:
10.1177/1462474521989533
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发表时间:
2021
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通讯作者:
Harry Annison
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作者:
Harry Annison
Bringing policy reform to fruition is an enterprise fraught with difficulty; penal policy is no different. This paper argues that the concept of ‘storylines’, developed within policy studies, is capable of generating valuable insights into the internal dynamics of penal policy change and particularly the ‘commmunicative miracle’ whereby policy participants sufficiently align to achieve reform. I utilize the part-privatization and part-marketization of probation services in England and Wales (‘Transforming Rehabilitation’) as a pertinent case study: a policy disaster foretold, but nonetheless inaugurated at breakneck speed. Drawing on interviews with policy makers, I demonstrate the means by which the ‘rehabilitation revolution’ storyline resolved (at least temporarily) the tensions and problems inherent in the reform project; without which it would have struggled to succeed. We see that storylines play at least three important roles for policy makers: they enable specific policies to ‘make sense’, to ‘fit’ in line with their pre-existing beliefs. They provide a sense of meaning, moral mission and self-legitimacy. And they deflect contestation. In closing, I consider the implications for scholars of penal policy change.
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2.6
作者:
Robinson G
通讯作者:
Robinson G
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发表时间:
2019
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作者:
Ievins, A
通讯作者:
Ievins, A
DOI:
10.1111/hojo.12198
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
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作者:
ROBINSON G
通讯作者:
ROBINSON G
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发表时间:
2013
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作者:
King Anthony
通讯作者:
King Anthony