Desistance by design : offenders' reflections on criminal justice theory, policy and practice

Barry, Monica (2013) Desistance by design : offenders' reflections on criminal justice theory, policy and practice. European Journal of Probation, 5 (2). pp. 47-65. ISSN 2066-2203

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    Abstract

    This article highlights the views and advice of offenders in Scotland about what helps and hinders young people generally in the process of desistance, why interventions may or may not encourage desistance and what criminal justice and other agencies can do to alleviate the problems which may result in offending. The findings suggest that probation-style supervisory relationships with workers are still the key means to promote desistance but given the fact that offenders perceive desistance to be ‘by design’ rather than ‘by default’, there still needs to be a greater emphasis placed by criminal justice and wider agencies on the structural constraints to a legal, conventional and integrated lifestyle.

    Creators(s): Barry, Monica ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4060-854X;
    Item type:Article
    ID code:43878
    Keywords:criminal justice, probation, prevention, intervention, desistance, Law (General), Law
    Subjects:Law > Law (General)
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Law > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:23 May 2013 10:19
    Last modified:03 Mar 2021 04:05
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43878
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