The impact of skills in probation work: A reconviction study [PDF]
, 2013 This article reports on the results of a quasi-experimental study of practitioners’ skills in probation work. Videotaped interviews were produced by a group of probation officers and analysed by researchers using a checklist designed to identify the ...
Raynor, P., Ugwudike, P., Vanstone, M.
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Handgun carrying among white youth increasing in the United States: new evidence from the national survey on drug use and health 2002–2013 [PDF]
, 2016 The objective of the present study was to examine trends and correlates of handgun carrying among adolescents ages 12–17 in the United States. Data was derived from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) involving non-Hispanic White, African ...
DeLisi, Matt +4 more
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Family Literacy in Prisons: Fathers' engagement with their young children [PDF]
, 2017 This paper reports an original approach to family literacy in two UK men’s prisons. Brief consideration of family literacy research precedes consideration of specific issues of imprisonment and literacy, and recent initiatives for incarcerated fathers.
Alston-Smith, Summer +4 more
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Assistance, Support and Monitoring? The Paradoxes of Mentoring Adults in the Criminal Justice System [PDF]
, 2014 Mentoring has recently taken centre stage as one of the primary criminal justice ‘interventions’ to reduce reoffending, having grown in popularity over the past fifteen years.
ANTHEA HUCKLESBY +26 more
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Gendered Assisted Desistance: A Decade from Corston
This article examines the role of assisted desistance from the perspective of women involved in the criminal justice system (CJS). It focuses on two community projects set up in the aftermath of the 2007 Corston Report, Northshire Women’s Centres (WCs) and the Housing for Northshire (HfN) projecti.
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A Review of the Research on Offender Supervision in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland [PDF]
, 2013 This paper reviews existing research on offender supervision in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Three distinct areas are considered: practising offender supervision, experiencing supervision and decision-making in this sphere.
Carr, Nicola +3 more
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Desistance from Crime among Chinese Delinquents: The Integrated Effects of Family Bonding, Prosocial Models, and Religious Bonding. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Au GWY, Wong DSW.
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Criminal rehabilitation : the impact of religious programming [PDF]
, 2010 Copyright, Christian Association for Psychological Studies, Inc. Reprinted with permission.In spite of their prevalence in correctional institutions, religious programs have been the subject of limited independent assessment.
Day, A, Gerace, Adam
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Reducing Problematic Substance Use under Exceptional Circumstances-Effects of the COVID-19 Restrictions on Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Finland. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Kosonen J, Ekqvist E, Kuusisto K.
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People Like Me Don’t Belong in Places Like This. Creating and Developing a Community of Learners beyond the Prison Gates [PDF]
, 2019 It is widely accepted that individuals with criminal convictions experience multiple disadvantage and deprivation, and, as a result, are considered least likely to progress to higher education (Unlock, 2018).
Burke, Lawrence, Gosling, Helena J, Dr
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