This article is about the networks of relationships (between people and between organisations) that underpin probation supervision. Drawing on evidence from a study researching these interactions, it develops two models of supervision (‘thin’ and ‘thick’) by taking themes that shape supervision and charting the interplay between them. The article develops these models in the increasingly fragmented landscape that has followed the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms in England and Wales. The concepts of ‘thin’ and ‘thick’ are used here to describe the supervisory network. Thin supervision describes a minimal and administrative approach to supervision. By contrast, thick supervision requires a network with strong and purposeful links. The article acknowledges the impact of public sector spending cuts on probation services and concludes by reflecting on the challenge of building and sustaining thick supervision in the current context.

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作为关系网络的缓刑监督：目标是厚而不薄

这篇文章是关于支持缓刑监督的关系网络（人与人之间和组织之间）。借鉴研究这些相互作用的研究证据，它通过采用塑造监督的主题并绘制它们之间的相互作用，开发了两种监督模型（“薄”和“厚”）。本文在英格兰和威尔士转型康复 (TR) 改革之后日益分散的环境中开发了这些模型。此处使用“薄”和“厚”的概念来描述监控网络。细化监督描述了一种最低限度的行政监督方法。相比之下，厚监督需要一个具有强大和有目的的链接的网络。