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AbstractCurrent research often relies on measures of recidivism to evaluate the effectiveness of formal criminal justice system interventions. Such studies, however, do not provide information on desistance from crime, that is, on how such interventions can help maintaining abstinence from offending and assist desisters in their efforts to change. This scoping review argues that formal agents (such as probation officers) can play a part in supporting desistance by providing practical help and resources based on desisters' needs, and can assist in changes in self‐identity through sustained positive feedback and encouragement. We propose a model of assisted desistance to conceptualise the effects of formal agents on desistance processes. The mandatory context of interventions, the fragile balance between legalistic and therapeutic roles, as well as the processes of desistance outside of the criminal justice system are considered. Implications for future research, policy, and practice are discussed.

Deferred custody and supervision order, an intermediate sanction which came into effect in 2003, had never been the subject of a scientific study. In the absence of research data, judges would give the sentence without knowing the outcome. To fill this gap, this study presents the failure rates (technical violations, revocations and new-crime violations) and success rates of all young Quebecers who completed a deferred custody and supervision order between 1 June 2003 and 31 May 2012. As with studies that examined similar sentences elsewhere in the world, success rates are relatively low. Suggestions are made to limit failures associated with this type of juvenile intermediate sanctions.

Intro -- Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Appendices -- General Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)Integration Processes -- 2 Methods -- 3 Desistance from Crime and Narrative Changes: Perspectives of Justice-Involved Youth -- 4 How Do Informal Social Networks Contribute to Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)integration among Justice-Involved Youth? -- 5 Informal Assisted Desistance among Justice-Involved Young Substance Abusers -- 6 Positive Impact of Addiction Services and Counsellors on the Recovery of Justice-Involved Youth and their Desistance from Crime -- 7 Victimization Experienced by Justice-Involved Youth: Perceived Influences on their Trajectories -- 8 Make It or Break It: Interactions with Counsellors at the Heart of Substitute Care Experiences among Youth -- 9 Formal and Informal Interventions: What Facilitates and Prevents the Process of Desistance from Crime among Justice-Involved Adolescent Girls? -- 10 Perspectives of Justice-Involved Young Adults on Interventions in Québec's Correctional Institutions -- 11 Access to Services and their Continuity: Perceptions of Justice-Involved Youth -- 12 Recidivism, Assisted Desistance, and Social (Re)Integration: What Have We Learned So Far? -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index.