Probation, social context and desistance: Retracing the relationship

By T. McCulloch. 2005

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Assisted desistance and experiences of probation supervision (2013, background): “…of desistance interventions suggest that talking and listening are fundamental aspects of probation work, both as a method of dealing with particular problems and as a means of nurturing the relationship necessary to enable probationers to be receptive to more direct guidance (McCulloch, 2005: 18).”
Prisoners' families and offender management: Mobilizing social capital (2008, background): “Some, such as Rex (1999) and McCulloch (2005), have found that probationers do not expect direct action, but value the opportunity to discuss their problems and receive informal advice and guidance to help them understand and address them.”
Four forms of ‘offender’ rehabilitation: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective (2012, background): “Since desistance is about discovering agency, interventions need to encourage and respect self-determination; this means working with offenders not on them (McCulloch, 2005; McNeill, 2006).”