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Investing in crime prevention after the crisis: Social impact bonds, the value of (re) offending and the new ‘culture of crime control’
- Source :
- The British Journal of Criminology. 61:1300-1315
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
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Abstract
- A recurring theme of criminal justice reform in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 has been the costs of incarceration and the effort to reduce correctional populations. This paper examines one aspect of this post-crisis landscape: the social impact bond (SIB). First piloted in Peterborough prison in 2010, SIBs use private investment to fund social programs with governments paying a return if these programs are successful. Drawing from research on SIBs in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, the paper explores this effort to turn (re)offending into an investment, its challenges and how SIBs reveal a financial ‘style of reasoning’ that is re-shaping the ‘culture of crime control’ with critical implications for providers, programs and participants.
- Subjects :
- Social Psychology
Bond
050901 criminology
05 social sciences
Social impact
Criminology
0506 political science
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Crime control
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Crime prevention
Political science
Value (economics)
050602 political science & public administration
Re offending
0509 other social sciences
Law
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14643529 and 00070955
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The British Journal of Criminology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........aa456dc22ba8d06aae11b4ae758dbd0c