Ros Burnett

TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective study of 130 male property offenders, interviewed in the 1990s (the Oxford Recidivism Study), and followed up 10 years later, showed that subjective states measured before release have a direct effect on recidivism as well as indirect effects through their impact on social circumstances experienced after release from prison.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the factors behind the paradigm shift from casework (in its broadest sense) to case management (more recently termed "offender management"), and then briefly draw on findings in the mental health field and desistance research to relocate the relationship element within a practice model that is focused on supporting desistance from crime.

TL;DR: The Dynamics of Recidivism was cited by the Home Secretary of the Conservative government during the 1990s to support the political doctrine that "prison works". This claim drew on qualitative data from pre- and post-prison interviews of 130 male offenders to uphold a narrow rational choice perspective that emphasised the perceived 'costs' of imprisonment to the offender as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the notion of so-called "strengths-based" offender reintegration for prisoners returning to the community, and present evidence from a case study the authors have undertaken on a particularly interesting example of strengths-based resettlement in action.

TL;DR: A literature review was conducted by the Scottish Executive's Social Work Services Inspectorate in order to support the work of the 21st Century Social Work Review Group as mentioned in this paper, which raised issues about which disciplines might best encompass the requisite skills for reducing re-offending in the community.