ABSTRACT
The purpose of this book is to explore and throw further light on the processes that occur during probation supervision which are either conducive to desistance or which contribute to further offending. Whilst it is true that the correlates of recidivism and desistance are well known, the mechanisms by which these correlates are produced and the role that criminal justice sanctions play in this remain less well understood. In order to understand better the role of probation supervision in encouraging the processes associated with desistance, the criminal careers and behaviour of 199 people made subject to probation and combination orders 1 were examined in detail. This book reports on that four-year examination.
