@article{ref1,
title="Payment by results: the materialist reconstruction of criminal justice",
journal="International journal of sociology and social policy",
year="2015",
author="Whitehead, Philip",
volume="35",
number="5/6",
pages="290-305",
abstract="PURPOSE     - The criminal justice system in England and Wales is being reconstructed on a new operating platform of which Payment by Results (PbR) is the material signifier. This critical historic transformation is occurring during a period of radical economic disruption and political restructuring after 2007-2008. PbR signals the deeper penetration of the core principles of capitalism into the body of the state and its welfare and criminal justice system. Conceptually a Lacanian-Žižekian framework is put to work to theorise these important transformations. The paper aims to discuss these issues.       Design/methodology/approach     - The design and methodology of this research paper utilises open sources and documentary materials on the development of PbR, in its application primarily to the criminal justice system.       Findings     - There is evidence that PbR, located within the wider context of capitalist reconstruction, is radically transforming the delivery of criminal justice services.       Originality/value     - This is the first critical analysis of PbR located within the context of late modern capitalism.   Keywords:     Governance, Political economy Publisher:     Emerald Group Publishing Limited<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-333X",
doi="10.1108/IJSSP-10-2013-0100",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-10-2013-0100"
}