Criminal careers in transition : the social context of desistance from crime / Stephen Farrall, Ben Hunter, Gilly Sharpe, and Adam Calverley.
By: Farrall, Stephen [author.]
.Contributor(s): Hunter, Ben (Lecturer in Criminology) [author.] | Sharpe, Gilly [author.] | Calverley, Adam [author.].Series: Clarendon studies in criminology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191789168 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Probation -- Great Britain -- Evaluation | Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain | Recidivism -- Great Britain -- Prevention | Change (Psychology)Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780199682157DDC classification: 364.630941 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late 1990s. The research has been about developing a long-term evidence base, rather than a rapid assessment which does not have the time fully to explore the issue, namely whether (and how) probation supervision assists desistance from crime. The book explores how probation supervision helped people to stop offending, and investigates new areas (such as victimization, citizenship, emotional trajectories of reform, & the spatial dynamics of desistance).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late 1990s. The research has been about developing a long-term evidence base, rather than a rapid assessment which does not have the time fully to explore the issue, namely whether (and how) probation supervision assists desistance from crime. The book explores how probation supervision helped people to stop offending, and investigates new areas (such as victimization, citizenship, emotional trajectories of reform, & the spatial dynamics of desistance).
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