Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Profile

BA (Hons), M. Phil, PhD, CQSW

Inaugural Lecture

• A reassurance con?  UK Public protection for modern times.

Expertise:

• Dangerous Offenders and Criminal Justice
• The Transformation of the Probation Service
• Penal Policy and Politics
• Moving Away from Crime

Research Interests:

• Multi-Agency Conferencing of Potentially Dangerous Offenders
• Organisational Culture within the Criminal Justice Sector (current)

Publications:

Books

• Nash, M. and Williams, A. (eds.) (2010) The Handbook of Public Protection, Abingdon: Willan Publishing
• Nash, M. and Williams, A. (2008) The Anatomy of Serious Further Offending, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Nash, M. (2006) Public Protection and the Criminal Justice Process, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Chapters in books

• 2010 ‘The Politics of Public Protection’ in M. Nash and A. Williams (Eds) The Handbook of Public Protection, Willan, 2010 (September).
• 2010 ‘Singing from the same Mappa hymn sheet – but can we hear all the voices?' in A. Pycroft and D. Gough (Eds.), Multi Agency Working: Control and Care in Contemporary Correctional Practice, Bristol: Policy Press.
• 2008 ‘Working with Dangerous Offenders’ in S. Green, E. Lancaster and S. Feasey (Eds), Addressing Offending Behaviour, Willan Publishing (March 2008)
• 2008 ‘The Policy Framework’ in S. Green, E. Lancaster and S. Feasey (Eds), Addressing Offending Behaviour, Willan Publishing (March 2008)
• 2007 ‘Working with Young People in a Culture of Public Protection’, in M. Blyth, K. Baker and E. Solomon, Young people and ‘risk’. Bristol: Policy Press.
• 2005 ‘Dangerousness and Risk’ in J. Winstone and F. Pakes, Community Justice, Willan Publishing.
• 2004 ‘Community Penalties’ in D. Smith and J. Muncie (Eds) The Cavendish Handbook of Criminal Justice

Articles

• 2011 ‘Probation, PSRs and Public Protection: has a critical point been reached?’ Criminology and Criminal Justice: an International Journal.
• 2010 ‘The Art of Deception – UK public protection policy and the criminal justice “crisis” of 2006’. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice Vol. 38 (3) 79-93.
• 2010 ‘The Art of the Possible – Public Protection in a Closed Establishment, Prison Service Journal, May 2010, 189: 21-24.
• 2009 Nash, M. and Walker, L. ‘Mappa: Is Closer Collaboration Really the Answer?’ Policing Volume 3 (2), 172-180.
• 2008 ‘Exit the Polibation Officer? - De-coupling police and probation’, International Journal of Police Science and Management  Vol. 10 (3) pp. 302-312.
• 2007 ‘The Just Community - keeping crime at bay?’ Vista, 11 (1) 55-62.
• 2007 ‘Beyond system failure - Tackling violence risks in the criminal justice system’, Criminal Justice Matters No. 66 Winter 2006/07: 18-20.
• 2006 ‘Everyone’s watching, but is anyone listening?’ Prison Service Journal, May 2006, Issue 165:14-18.
• 2004 'Glorious Past or Bright new Future? Turning Probation into Corrections'. Vista, Vol.9 (1) 51-56
• 2004 ‘Polibation revisited - a reply’’, International Journal of Police Science and Management, Vol. 6 (2), 74-6.