Scott-Hayward, Christine S. and Henry F. Fradella, Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System
| Published date | 01 October 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/14624745221079724 |
| Author | Alexes Harris |
| Date | 01 October 2023 |
of social-structural critiques of inequality to traditional probation identities –a concern-
ing development for professional autonomy in this field. Tidmarsh places hope in the rec-
lamation of an occupational, not organisational professionalism and on the relationship
between officer and offender, as crucial now as ever.
This book is sure to prove useful to researchers, academics and postgraduate students
with an interest in probation. It will also be of interest to some working in the sociology of
the professions, or concerned with the implications of Coalition-era public sector restruc-
turing. It advances Foucauldian analysis of punishment, not just beyond the prison but
applied to a relatively under-researched sector of the criminal justice workforce.
Tidmarsh’s nuanced explication of marketisation and professionalism deepens our under-
standing of how justice policy plays out among people ‘on the ground’. Theoretically
sophisticated and rich in empirical detail, Professionalism in Probation: Making Sense
of Marketisation is an impressive monograph.
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Jamie Buchan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2002-4491
Jamie Buchan
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
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Scott-Hayward, Christine S. and Henry F. Fradella, Punishing Poverty: How
Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System.
University of California Press: Oakland, 2019; 312 pp. ISBN
9780520298316, $29.95
Punishing Poverty presents an important historical review and discussion of the U.S.
criminal legal system and the institutional relationship with both the public and private
bail bond industry. The authors review the legal history of bail in the common law trad-
ition, outline legal frameworks guiding pretrial release decisions, and present problems
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