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A New Approach for Researching Victims: The 'Strength-Growth-Resilience' Framework (2021)
Journal Article
Green, S., Calverley, A., & O'leary, N. (2021). A New Approach for Researching Victims: The 'Strength-Growth-Resilience' Framework. The British journal of criminology, 61(3), 852-871. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa093

This paper proposes a new framework for researching victims that blends appreciative inquiry methods used by prison researchers with narrative interview methods used by desistance researchers to investigate victim 'strength-growth-resilience'. Alongs... Read More about A New Approach for Researching Victims: The 'Strength-Growth-Resilience' Framework.

Exploring Processes Of Desistance By Ethnic Status : The Confluence of Community, Familial and Individual Processes (2019)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2019). Exploring Processes Of Desistance By Ethnic Status : The Confluence of Community, Familial and Individual Processes. In S. Farrall (Ed.), The Architecture of Desistance (75-95). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429461804

Although studies of desistance have routinely focussed on how family formation, gaining employment, moving away from criminal friends and identity reconstruction support stopping offending, they have up until recently been less vocal in how meso- and... Read More about Exploring Processes Of Desistance By Ethnic Status : The Confluence of Community, Familial and Individual Processes.

A critical evaluation of the reintegration experiences of child sex offenders in the community (2018)
Thesis
Woodward, D. (2018). A critical evaluation of the reintegration experiences of child sex offenders in the community. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221034

Criminology has conventionally focussed on the onset and punishment of crime. Less attention is paid to how offenders reintegrate, exist, cope and move away from crime. However, there is a growing body of research interested in reintegration and desi... Read More about A critical evaluation of the reintegration experiences of child sex offenders in the community.

The scale and extent of forced labour in the UK : can the existing legislation and administrative arrangements address the problem? (2017)
Thesis
Shepherd, R. E. (2017). The scale and extent of forced labour in the UK : can the existing legislation and administrative arrangements address the problem?. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221484

This study describes the current manifestation of forced labour in the UK and assesses the adequacy of official arrangements for tackling it. It examines factors facilitating its growth and focuses on the challenges of finding and identifying it, bot... Read More about The scale and extent of forced labour in the UK : can the existing legislation and administrative arrangements address the problem?.

The long-term impacts of probation supervision (2017)
Book Chapter
Hunter, B., Farrall, S., Sharpe, G., & Calverley, A. (2017). The long-term impacts of probation supervision. In A. Blokland, & V. van der Geest (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Life-Course Criminology (436-449). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315747996

This chapter draws upon data from a longitudinal study of desistance from crime to investigate the impacts of criminal justice interventions specifically, probation supervision on probationers' behaviour over a period of fifteen years. It demonstrate... Read More about The long-term impacts of probation supervision.

Different pathways for different journeys: Ethnicity, identity transition and desistance (2016)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2016). Different pathways for different journeys: Ethnicity, identity transition and desistance. In A. Robinson, & P. Hamilton (Eds.), Moving on from Crime and Substance Use: Transforming Identities (121-152). Bristol: Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447324676.003.0007

This chapter argues that the processes of adopting viable non-offending identities are as important in the desistance of minority ethnic offenders as they are for offenders who are white. However, differences in structural location and cultural expec... Read More about Different pathways for different journeys: Ethnicity, identity transition and desistance.

What ‘works’ when retracing sample members in a qualitative longitudinal study? (2015)
Journal Article
Farrall, S., Hunter, B., Sharpe, G., & Calverley, A. (2016). What ‘works’ when retracing sample members in a qualitative longitudinal study?. International journal of social research methodology : theory & practice, 19(3), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2014.993839

Attrition represents a significant obstacle to overcome in any longitudinal research project. It is, perhaps, most keenly felt when the data collected are from a qualitative study, since, unlike quantitative longitudinal research, weighting factors c... Read More about What ‘works’ when retracing sample members in a qualitative longitudinal study?.

Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime (2014)
Book
Farrall, S., Hunter, B., Sharpe, G., & Calverley, A. (2014). Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199682157.001.0001

There has been a growth of interest in why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated back into the community. This book follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probatione... Read More about Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime.

Cultures of desistance: Rehabilitation, reintegration and ethnic minorities (2012)
Book
Calverley, A. (2012). Cultures of desistance: Rehabilitation, reintegration and ethnic minorities. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203105658

© 2013 Adam Calverley. In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance – that is the cessation and curtailment of offending behaviour – vary... Read More about Cultures of desistance: Rehabilitation, reintegration and ethnic minorities.

Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society (2012)
Thesis
Algarni, A. F. (2012). Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218221

This thesis aims to contribute to current debates on the policing of Internet fraud by introducing the Saudi Arabian experience. Drawing on the findings of field research focusing on the capital city of Riyadh, this study assesses the extent to which... Read More about Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society.

Theorizing structural and individual-level processes in desistance and persistence: outlining an integrated perspective (2011)
Journal Article
Farrall, S., Sharpe, G., Hunter, B., & Calverley, A. (2011). Theorizing structural and individual-level processes in desistance and persistence: outlining an integrated perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 44(2), 218-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004865811405136

In this paper we outline our current thinking on the processes associated with desistance from crime. This work, conducted as part of the theoretical apparatus of a fifth sweep of interviews with a cohort of ex-probationers originally interviewed for... Read More about Theorizing structural and individual-level processes in desistance and persistence: outlining an integrated perspective.

All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders (2010)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2010). All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders. In S. Farrall, R. Sparks, S. Maruna, & M. Hough (Eds.), Escape routes: contemporary perspectives on life after punishment (182-201). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203835883

In contrast to the widespread (and, rightly, controversial) public and academic focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, existing research has largely overlooked whether processes associated with desistance from crime vary by ethnic... Read More about All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders.

Black and Asian probationers: Implications of the Home Office study (2006)
Journal Article
Calverley, A., Cole, B., Kaur, G., Lewis, S., Raynor, P., Vanstone, M., …Wardak, A. (2006). Black and Asian probationers: Implications of the Home Office study. Probation Journal, 53(1), 24-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550506060863

This article presents the main findings of a survey of Black, Asian and mixed heritage men supervised by the probation service in 2001-2003. It discusses the long-standing concern that minority ethnic groups may be subject to discriminatory treatment... Read More about Black and Asian probationers: Implications of the Home Office study.

Understanding desistance from crime : Theoretical directions in resettlement and rehabilitation (2006)
Book
Farrall, S., & Calverley, A. (2006). Understanding desistance from crime : Theoretical directions in resettlement and rehabilitation. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Why do people stop offending? What are the processes they undergo in stopping? What can be done to help more people who have offended put their pasts behind them? The growth of interest in why people stop offending and how they are resettled followin... Read More about Understanding desistance from crime : Theoretical directions in resettlement and rehabilitation.