What Works in Offender Compliance (PDF)

Melissa Alexander, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
Tim Bateman, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Kristel Beyens, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Anthony E. Bottoms, Cambridge University, UK
Guy Bourgon, Carleton University, Canada
Ben Crewe, University of Cambridge, UK
Stef Decoene, Free University Brussels, Belgium
Loraine Gelsthorpe, University of Cambridge, UK
Leticia Gutierrez, Carleton University, Canada
Laura Hanby, Carleton University, Canada
Martine Herzog-Evans, Reims University, France
Caleb Lloyd, Carleton University, Canada
Christopher T. Lowenkamp, University of Cincinnati, USA
Patricia McCulloch, University of Dundee, UK
Mike Nellis, University of Strathclyde, UK
Charles Robinson, Grambling State University, USA
Gwen Robinson, University of Sheffield, UK
Ralph Serin, Carleton University, Canada
Marianna Shturman, Ottawa Institute of Object Relations Therapy, Canada
Paul Sparrow, Wolverhampton University, UK
Chris Trotter, Monash University, Australia
Maurice Vanstone, Swansea University, UK

"Pamela Ugwudike and Peter Raynor have assembled a remarkable collection of works spanning theory, research, policy and practice on an issue that anyone who works in the criminal justice system is faced with daily. Offender compliance is perhaps the greatest challenge before for those who deal with offenders whether it is at the therapeutic level or the level of control and the dispensing of criminal justice sanctions. The topics covered are diverse yet thematic bringing to the forefront the recent thinking on compliance with practical suggestions on enhancing offender compliance. This book serves not only as an introduction to the topic but also as an essential reference for years to come." - James Bonta, Director, Corrections Research, Public Safety Canada

"This is a high quality collection of essays on key dimensions of current debates about offenders' compliance (or non-compliance) with sentences, especially with Probation supervision. The issue is important not only to theory and practice around rehabilitation, but because of the multiple negative effects of people being sent or returned to prison for breaches of requirements. It is also highly topical as we move into an uncertain era in which large numbers of offenders on community sentences will be supervised by private and third sector providers rather the Probation Service. The book contains original contributions by many of the leading international writers on offender rehabilitation, including Sir Anthony Bottoms, whose writing has been central to the recent growth of interest in compliance. It contains both new theoretical insights and accounts of new empirical work. It also contains welcome chapters on international developments and on compliance by specific groups of offenders, including women and young people. It represents a major contribution to the development and dissemination of thinking and knowledge about offender compliance, and I am very pleased to recommend it." - Professor Mike