
Criminal Careers in Transition
The Social Context of Desistance from Crime
By: Stephen Farrall, Ben Hunter, Gilly Sharpe, Adam Calverley
Hardcover | 7 August 2014
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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. The authors argue that probation supervision did indeed help the probationers, but that this had taken a long time to 'bear fruit' and was related to other social and personal changes. There is discussion of a number of key topics, including sample members' continued social and personal development (including the impact of parenthood on them) and their motivation to change and maintain a law-abiding lifestyle, as well as their experiences of dealing with the stigma of a criminal record and the long-term process of 'remaking' themselves. This core empirical research and analysis is framed by a comprehensive review of not only the contemporary literature on desistance and reoffending, but
also what constitutes a successful and effective research design in this field.
Whilst there have been several attempts to develop theories of desistance, few have attempted to understand and theorize the long-term impacts of probation supervision. Criminal Careers in Transition addresses this by building an account of the processes which help to shape the speed, nature, and direction of an individual's efforts to avoid further offending and, thus, develop a theory of assisted desistance. The book continues the authors' exploration of the emotional trajectories of crime, victimization, and desistance and the role of citizenship values in pathways out of crime, as well as original research into the spatial dynamics of desistance.
Industry Reviews
This wide-ranging and original book is a milestone in British desistance research, and essential reading. * Peter Raynor, Professor of Criminology, Swansea University, in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice *
I would strongly recommend it to students, probation staff, policy makers and researchers. * Ioan Durnescu, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice *
ISBN: 9780199682157
ISBN-10: 0199682151
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
Published: 7th August 2014
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 352
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Oxford University Press UK
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 15.0 x 21.7 x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.54
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