This Special Issue of the European Journal of Probation considers examples and influences of innovation within criminal justice and community contexts. It offers some timely and insightful contributions from different countries to broader discussions of innovation in this field, a multi-faceted topic that piques significant interest but has perhaps not yet received the level of sustained critical analytical engagement it warrants. This editorial introduction critically reflects on a series of questions and problematisations of innovation and criminal justice. Questions about the forms and functions (‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘how’) of innovation in criminal justice should not be divorced from questions about its architects and beneficiaries, including their intentions and ideologies (‘who’ and ‘why’). Following this, a brief overview of the Special Issue is provided. There is much more yet to be done, as well as celebrated in this area.

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创新与刑事司法：“创新”特刊的社论介绍，2017 年 12 月

欧洲缓刑杂志的这一特刊考虑了刑事司法和社区环境中创新的例子和影响。它为该领域更广泛的创新讨论提供了来自不同国家的一些及时和有见地的贡献，这是一个多方面的话题，引起了极大的兴趣，但可能还没有达到它所保证的持续批判性分析参与的水平。这篇社论介绍批判性地反映了创新和刑事司法的一系列问题和问题化。关于刑事司法创新的形式和功能（“什么”、“哪里”和“如何”）的问题不应与其设计者和受益人的问题分开，包括他们的意图和意识形态（“谁”和“为什么”） . 按照此，提供了特刊的简要概述。在这个领域还有很多工作要做，也有很多值得庆祝的事情。