Desistance: Agency, structures and policy - an international seminar at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield

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 (Sheffield Hallam ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, UK)
  • Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms (Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield, UK)
  • Professor Stephen Farrall (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield, UK)
  • Robin Galander (Stockholm ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Sweden)
  • Dr Deirdre Healy (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø College Dublin, Ireland)
  • Dr Linnea Osterman (Greenwich ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, UK)
  • Dana Segev (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield, UK)
  • Professor Joanna Shapland (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield, UK)

You can view the programme here (PDF)

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