Research project

Rehabilitating Probation

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 researchers

Professor Harry Annison

Professor of Criminal Justice
Research interests
  • Penal politics
  • Probation and parole
  • Narratives, storylines and penal policy
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Matthew Millings, Lol Burke, Harry Annison, Nicola Carr, Gwen Robinson & Eleanor Surridge, 2025, Probation Journal
Type: article
Harry Annison, Matthew Millings, Lol Burke, Nicola Carr, Gwen Robinson & Eleanor Surridge, 2025
Type: report
Matthew Millings, Harry Annison, Lol Burke, Nicola Carr, Gwen Robinson & Elly Surridge, 2025
Type: report
Matthew Millings, Harry Annison, Lol Burke, Nicola Carr, Gwen Robinson & Elly Surridge, 2025
Type: report
Gwen Robinson, Harry Annison, Lol Burke, Nicola Carr, Matthew Millings & Eleanor Surridge, 2023, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Type: article