‘Patience, persistence and proportionality’: Probation officer's perspectives of desistance in practice
Desistance from crime is a priority for criminal justice policy and practice yet the term carries varying definitions across research literature. Contemporary discourses promote a refocusing from desistance's representation as an individual's personal journey, to understanding desistance m...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2024
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Probation journal
Jahr: 2024, Band: 71, Heft: 2, Seiten: 139-158 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Desistance from crime is a priority for criminal justice policy and practice yet the term carries varying definitions across research literature. Contemporary discourses promote a refocusing from desistance's representation as an individual's personal journey, to understanding desistance more akin to a social movement. Research has predominantly focused on the lived experience of those striving to achieve desistance, with practitioner perspectives remaining under researched. This study, conducted post COVID-19, aimed to explore and evaluate how probation officers operationalise desistance in practice. Outcomes evidence that whilst practitioners acknowledge the diverse conceptualisations of desistance, it remains a priority in practice, even where the focus is predominantly risk management. Key practice features emerging as essential to promoting desistance include identifying and cultivating a motivation to change, approaches to forming the supervisory relationship and how practitioner's respond when risks increase. A supporting organisational ethos is critical but challenged in the complex post COVID-19 context. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-3079 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02645505241236780 |
