Oxford LibGuides: Criminal law &amp; justice: Probation, Rehabilitation & Recidivism

Probation & Rehabilitation

Criminals -- Rehabilitation
Probation

Alternatives to imprisonment
Correctional psychology
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy -- Social aspects
Change (Pyschology)

New Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Official website. Ministry of Justice publication "This new guidance provides background information on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA), explains who benefits from it, and sets out rehabilitation periods for offences covered by the Act. It has been revised following the implementation of changes to the ROA included in the Legal Aid and Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012."
Rehabilitation Periods (England & Wales)
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals, and example scenarios.

Delivering Rehabilitation: the politics, governance and control of probation by Lol Burke; Steve Collett
Call Number: Request from Closed Stacks
ISBN: 1136261567
Publication Date: 2015
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UK Official Papers

Proven reoffending statistics (Great Britain)
Official website.

Probation : the landscape review. by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
Call Number: O.Pp. Eng. (HC 1114 2013-14)
ISBN: 0215072790
Publication Date: 2014
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Series: HC (Series) (Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons) ; 1114 2013-14.

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National Probation Service (NPS)
Official website. The National Probation Service is a statutory criminal justice service that supervises high-risk offenders released into the community.
Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
Official website. (Formerly National Offender Management Service (NOMS))
HM Inspectorate of Probation
Official website. " an independent Inspectorate, funded by the Ministry of Justice and reporting directly to the Secretary of State. .. to report on the effectiveness of work with adults and children who have offended. This is aimed at reducing reoffending, protecting the public, and improving the wellbeing of children at risk of reoffending, whoever undertakes this work. ... "

Recidivism

Specific subject search to try in SOLO Recidivism - Prevention

Criminal Careers in Transition : the social context of desistance from crime by Stephen Farrall; Ben Hunter; Gilly Sharpe; Adam Calverley
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 0199682151
Publication Date: 2014
Print copy is at Crim 670 F240c
Prevention of Reoffending: the value of rehabilitation and the management of high risk offenders by P. H. P H. M C. van Kempen; Warren Young
Call Number: Crim 670 K32.3a
ISBN: 1780682271
Publication Date: 2014