Aaron Pycroft is Reader in Criminal Justice and Social Complexity with the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth.

Dennis Gough is Senior Lecturer in Penology and Course Leader for the Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth.

Introduction ~ Aaron Pycroft and Dennis Gough

Multi-agency working and the governance of crime control ~ Dennis Gough

From a trained incapacity to professional resistance in criminal justice ~ Aaron Pycroft

A time of change: the expanding role of Police and Crime Commissioners in local criminal justice delivery ~ Barry Loveday and Sue Roberts

Integrated offender management: a brave new world or business as usual? ~ Andy Williams

MAPPA: sex offenders and managing 'the other' in the community ~ Mike Nash

Protection and prevention: identifying, managing and monitoring priority perpetrators of domestic abuse ~ Jacki Tapley and Zoë Jackson

Policing a diverse society: the community based rationale for multi-agency working ~ Claudia Cox

The development of the police role in safeguarding children ~ John Fox

Hate crime, policing and multi-agency partnership working ~ Jemma Tyson and Nathan Hall

The complexity of partnerships in the UK Counter Terrorism Strategy. What might we learn from contemporary efforts to counter hate crime? ~ John Grieve

Interviewing children as suspects: the need for a child-centred approach ~ Lesley Laver

Culture Club Assemble! The powerful role of multi-agent relationships in prison habilitation ~ Sarah Lewis

Integrated secure care pathways for people with complex needs: service user, policy and practice perspectives ~ Graham Noyce

Removing the 'dual' and working with the presenting diagnosis: core processes of change ~ Anita Green and Aaron Pycroft

Offenders with mental health needs in the criminal justice system: the multi-agency challenge to provide solution-focused responses ~ Jane Winstone

Enforcement and rehabilitation: challenges to partnership working with substance using offenders ~ Marie-Edith Tiquet

The decline of youth offending teams: towards a progressive and positive youth justice ~ Nicholas Pamment