Summary: <p>Phil Bowen, co-author of <em><a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/research/payback-purpose-0">Payback with a Purpose</a></em> and director of the Centre for Justice Innovation in the <span>U.K., discusses what good "community payback" ("community service" in the U.S.) should look like, comparing the experience in the U.K. with New York City</span>. The debate about what community payback ought to be comes at a crucial time for probation services in England and Wales, where the Government is committed to encouraging non-state organizations to provide community payback.</p>
