Criminal careers in transition
Subtitle: the social context of desistance from crime
By: Stephen Farrall, Ben Hunter, Gilly Sharpe, and Adam Calverley
Contributors: Calverley, Adam, author; Hunter, Ben (Lecturer in Criminology), author; Sharpe, Gilly, author
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology; Oxford scholarship online
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780191789168
Subjects: Change (Psychology); Criminals; Rehabilitation; Probation; Evaluation; Recidivism; Prevention
Description: 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).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 3, 2014).