Institute of Criminology

Jake Phillips - Biography

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Jake Phillips
Email:
jrp60@cam.ac.uk


Ph.D. Title: The Rehabilitative Ideal in the Probation Service


I originally graduated in languages before working in various roles in the criminal justice system. I left the front-line to do a Master's in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Edinburgh and then moved to Cambridge to begin my Ph.D. under the supervision of Loraine Gelsthorpe.

Through my Ph.D. I am looking at the Probation Service in the context of recent policy changes, focussing on practitioner's use of, or opinions towards, rehabilitation, discretion, compliance, managerialism and risk management. The Ph.D. uses a mix of ethnographic work in a probation office, semi-structured interviews with staff and analysis of policy documents and political rhetoric.


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