1st Edition
Collaboration and Innovation in Criminal Justice An Activity Theory Alternative to Offender Rehabilitation
By Paulo Rocha
Copyright 2022
80 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
80 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
80 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Drawing on original research on community-based alternatives to offender rehabilitation, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers at the interface between criminal justice and welfare systems striving to address needs and provide multifaceted solutions.
Using an innovative theoretical approach predicated on activity theory (AT) to dissect the... Read more
- Introduction: Understanding Offender Rehabilitation
- Theoretical Framework: Activity Theory and Innovation in The Public Sector
- Empirical Evidence: A Detailed Case Study of A Successful Alternative to Imprisonment
- Moving The State of The Art Forward: Suggestions on Co-created Alternatives to Imprisonment as a Means to Rehabilitate Offenders in The Community
- Final Remarks
Biography
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.
