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Rethinking what works with offenders : probation, social context and desistance from crime / Stephen Farrall.
LIBRA HV9345.A5 F37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrall, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probation--Great Britain.
- Probation.
- Recidivism.
- Great Britain.
- Recidivism--Great Britain--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Probation, social context and desistance from crime.
- Place of Publication:
- Cullompton ; Portland, Ore. : Willan Pub., 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Probation, social context and desistance from crime: introducing the agenda 3
- 2 Realism, criminal careers and complexity 31
- 3 The study 45
- Part 2 Probation, motivation and social contexts 61
- 4 Defining 'success' 63
- 5 The focus of probation 71
- 6 Resolving obstacles: the role of probation supervision 85
- 7 Motivation and probation 99
- 8 Probation work: content and context 116
- 9 Motivation, changing contexts and probation supervision 145
- Part 3 Persistence and desistance 171
- 10 Desistance, change and probation supervision 173
- 11 The factors associated with offending 193
- 12 Probation, social context and desistance from crime: developing the agenda 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1903240956
- OCLC:
- 50215022
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