Fresh insights into Integrated Offender Management and the policing of prolific offenders

Cram, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6485-9306 2023. Fresh insights into Integrated Offender Management and the policing of prolific offenders. Presented at: 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Florence, Italy., 06 September 2023.

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Abstract

This paper offers a timely contribution to research on multi-agency criminal justice working by examining empirically, a modern form of policing in England and Wales: ‘Integrated Offender Management’ (IOM). IOM involves police officers adopting the role of ‘offender manager’ and working alongside staff from other criminal justice agencies all in a bid to reduce the criminal activities of prolific offenders, through support and rehabilitation. Government inspections, TV documentaries and press releases, have depicted the scheme as a novel and exciting way to reduce the criminal activities of prolific offenders – one which has changed the culture and practice of police officers considerably. In this paper, I examine empirically the validity of such claims, revealing them to be largely mythical. Based on extensive fieldwork carried out in an English police force, my findings demonstrate that many police ‘offender managers’ continue to plough on with orthodox police cultural practices. This development has significant implications for our chances of steering prolific offenders away from crime.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice (CCLJ)
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2023 10:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/162322

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