Understanding How Probation Supervision Aids Desistance from Crime: Evidence from a Prospective Longitudinal Study in England

• In Event: Desistance from Crime: New Evidence and Theorising from the UK

Abstract

Although understanding about how and why people stop offending has grown substantially in recent years, few studies have sought to understand the role played by probation supervision in desistance. In this study, using data collected between 1997 and 2013 we explore how the influence of probation, whilst initially quite weak, grew over time for members of the cohort of probationers studied (n = 199). The policy implications and the development of a model of change which includes the help of probation staff is presented.

Author

• Stephen Farrall, University of Sheffield