Rob Allen, Justice and PrisonsRose Broad, University of Manchester, UKMary Corcoran, Keele University, UKDavid Faulkner, University of Oxford, UKStewart Field, Cardiff Law School, UKPenelope Gibbs, Transform Justice, UKJohn Harding, Inner London Probation Service, UKJessica Jacobson, Birkbeck University of London, UKTheresa Lynch, University of Birmingham, UKKatrina Morrison, Edinburgh Napier University, UKPeter Neyroud, University of Cambridge, UKSotirios Santatzoglou, Keele University, UKMolly Slothower, University of Maryland, USARoger Smith, University of Durham, UKJon Spencer, University of Manchester, UKChris Stanley, Former Magistrate and Trustee of the Michael Sieff Foundation, UKMartin Wasik, Keele University, UKAlexandra Wigzell, University of Cambridge, UKAnne Worrall, Keele University, UK

• 1. Introduction; Sotirios Santatzoglou and Martin Wasik PART I: MAKING POLICY CHOICES 2. David Faulkner; The Beginning or the End of an Era? Politics and Punishment under Margaret Thatcher's Government 3. Roger Smith; Troubled, Troubling or Troublesome? Troubled Families and the Changing Shape of Youth Justice 4. Rose Broad and Jon Spencer; Understanding the Marketization of the Probation Service Through an Interpretative Policy Framework 5. Jessica Jacobson; 'Community' Knows Best? Community Involvement in Criminal Justice 6. Rob Allen; Continuity and Change in Prisons PART II: DEVELOPING POLICY THROUGH PRACTICE 7. Sotirios Santatzoglou; 'We Were the System': Practitioners' Experiences and the Juvenile Justice Mosaic During the 1980s 8. John Harding; From Planning to Practice: Pioneering Community Service Orders in England and Wales 9. Katrina Morrison; The Management of Community Justice Services in Post-Devolution Scotland: The Battle for Central and Local Control 10. Stewart Field, Developing Local Cultures in Criminal Justice Policy-Making: The Case of Youth Justice in Wales 11. Theresa Lynch; Regulating Street Sex Workers: A Reflection on the Use and Reform of Anti-Social Behaviour Measures PART III: MANAGING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 12. Penelope Gibbs; Managing Magistrates' Courts: A Loss of Local Control 13. Martin Wasik; The Crown Court: Unified Structure or Local Justice? 14. Alexandra Wigzell and Chris Stanley; The Youth Court: Time for Reform? 15. Anne Worrall and Mary Corcoran; Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence 16. Peter Neyroud and Molly Slothower; Wielding the Sword of Damocles: The Challenges and Opportunities in Reforming Police Out-of-Court Disposals in England and Wales