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How needs assessment can promote engagement for people on probation.
HMI Probation effective practice guide on case supervision.
Natalie Rutter’s new research finds that social media plays a largely negative role on identity and relational desistance.
Probation inspectors commission research on key issues at the heart of probation – reconciling desistance with “what works”.
HMI Probation research team analyses the range and adequacy of interventions.
New Rapid Evidence Assessment finds likelihood of reoffending “lower for offenders who had been exposed to some type of supervision”.
Binge drinking is a major predictor of women’s reoffending.
Beyond Youth Custody argues for a theory of change for young people leaving custody which prioritises young people as the agents of their own change.
Excellent set of 10 principles from Revolving Doors Agency for those designing services for people with complex needs. Informed by lived experience.
Russell Webster looks back at 18 stories of people who have left prison behind to forge new and successful careers in the criminal justice system.
Alan Mackie of Get The Data argues that we too often overlook the importance of worker-service user relationships in successful desistance work.
An example of peer mentor-led innovative probation practice sharing individual stories and the strategies and decisions which facilitated their desistance.