Desistance: Agency, structures and policy - an international seminar at the University of 91Ö±²¥

11-12 January 2018

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Drawing on new empirical research on desistance from around Europe, the seminar will bring together researchers and practitioners to consider the processes involved in offenders stopping committing crime and potential policy implications. The conference, which runs from 11:00 on Thursday 11 January to after lunch on Friday 12 January, will look at desistance in both men and women, focusing particularly on structural elements and how they might be ameliorated.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Valerian Benazeth (CESDIP, France)
  • Professor David Best (91Ö±²¥ Hallam University, UK)
  • Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms (Universities of Cambridge and 91Ö±²¥, UK)
  • Professor Stephen Farrall (University of 91Ö±²¥, UK)
  • Robin Galander (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Dr Deirdre Healy (University College Dublin, Ireland)
  • Dr Linnea Osterman (Greenwich University, UK)
  • Dana Segev (University of 91Ö±²¥, UK)
  • Professor Joanna Shapland (University of 91Ö±²¥, UK)

You can view the programme here (PDF)

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