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Comparative International Justice Approaches to Support the Processes of Desistance

Thu, Nov 17, 2:00 to 3:20pm, International 2, International Level

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

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Within this panel four papers are presented that explore how studies of desistance have informed the direction of travel within justice strategic planning, practices and interventions internationally. A varied range of different qualitative data and methodological approaches have been used throughout. The first paper outlines the theoretical value in comparative criminology within the field of desistance scholarship, describing a useful framework which may be of use for future international research. The second paper, utilising this framework, outlines the ideological differences found between Scotland and Quebec's justice provisions; exploring what national variances shape how desistance is conceptualised and supported in both countries. The third paper then builds on these findings to highlight how official discourse translates and is experienced in practice by those subjected to particular international conceptualisations of justice using longitudinal interview data. Finally, the fourth paper reviews what we found about the complexity of the desistance processes and community (re)integration from in-depth data with over 500 young offenders. Throughout the implications from the findings of all four papers emphasise how cross-national comparisons of justice approaches to supporting the processes of desistance can expand our knowledge in this substantive area and develop more effective justice practices.

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