Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
Contents:
Part 1. What we did, how we did it, and why we did it that way -- Critically reviewing what we know about why people stop offending -- Integrating structural and individual-level processes in criminal careers research -- The mechanics of studying desistance from crime: an exemplar of a qualitative longitudinal research project -- Part 2. What we discovered -- The offending trajectories of sample members -- The long-term impacts of probation supervision -- The spatial dynamics of desistance -- The emotional trajectory of desistance -- 'I'm done with it all': is victimization a catalyst for desistance? -- Citizenship values and desistance from crime: exploring change over time -- Part 3. What it means -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late-1990s. The research undertaken since the inception of the project in 1996 has focused on developing a long-term evidence base, rather than a rapid assessment, examining whether (and how) probation supervision assists desistance from crime. Building on interviews from previous sweeps, the authors continue their exploration into the needs identified by probation officers and probationers, the extent to which these have been successfully met over the medium to long-term, and whether this suggests that probation helps probationers to desist."--Provided by publisher
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