ABSTRACT
The revelation that the over-representation of black people in the CJS costs the British taxpayer £309 million per year is yet to be matched by significant attempts to tackle ‘race’ issues in offender management. This chapter argues that in spite of several government and organizational attempts, the key issues relevant to ‘race’ in offender management are yet to be fully addressed, namely the inadequacy of the risk and needs assessment tools; the irrelevance of programmes to BAME offenders’ needs; and the depletion of funding to community groups that have played significant roles in the rehabilitation of BAME offenders. The chapter argues that provisions for BAME offenders have worsened since Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) and suggests that clear efforts should be made in areas of ‘race’ training, recruitment of BAME staff, improvement of Offender Assessment System (OASys) to address ‘race’ issues in offending, and the development of relevant programmes.
