Brangan (2013) Brangan, L.(2013). A framework for comparative research on supervision?
Offender Supervision in Europe, blog-site. Retrieved from http://www. offendersupervision …

This paper aims to advance the case for a more fully interdisciplinary understanding of
offender rehabilitation, partly as a means of shedding light upon and moving beyond …

This paper provides a review of the current criminological landscape in relation to positive
criminology and strengths based responses to crime. It does this by drawing on four forms of …

Ample evidence exists that offenders eventually terminate their criminal careers, and this
holds true for violent offenders. The causal mechanisms responsible for triggering and …

Desistance studies have routinely focused on issues such as family links, employment
prospects and moving away from criminal friends, but they have said less about the meso …

Interventions for reducing reoffending are frequently criticised for not being based upon a
foundation of empirical evidence (see Latessa et al. 2002). As a response, over the past …

This article provides a discussion of human agency, conceptualized as a transformative
aspect of desistance from crime. It is argued here that existing conceptualizations of agency …

In this outstanding new study Don Weatherburn confronts the data, appalling as they are,
with his characteristic plain speaking and good sense. No excuses are offered, or simple …

Interest in prisoners' families has grown considerably in recent years as the link between
family support and reduced recidivism is increasingly recognized. This article explores the …

Over the past twenty years there has been significant development in theories and
perspectives driving post-release (re-entry) approaches and work. On the whole, as with …