Paulo Rocha

Collaboration and Innovation in Criminal Justice

An Activity Theory Alternative to Offender Rehabilitation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on original research, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers across criminal justice and welfare systems. It explores how Activity Theory can be used to help design interventions that give voice to the interested actors involved in the rehabilitation process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 104g
• ISBN-13: 9781032033372
• ISBN-10: 1032033371
• Artikelnr.: 67824120

Autorenporträt

Paulo Rocha is an attorney specialising in international law with a PhD in social sciences obtained at the University of Stavanger, Norway. His research interests are collaboration and innovation strategies in the public sector. He is the author of "Performance-Based Policy in Offender Rehabilitation" and "Tracing the Historical Development of a Service Model for Interagency Collaboration," among other papers.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Understanding Offender Rehabilitation
2. Theoretical Framework: Activity Theory and Innovation in The Public
Sector
3. Empirical Evidence: A Detailed Case Study of A Successful Alternative
to Imprisonment
4. Moving The State of The Art Forward: Suggestions on Co-created
Alternatives to Imprisonment as a Means to Rehabilitate Offenders in
The Community
5. Final Remarks