Chapter 1 Introduction: Questions, Questions, Questions

Chapter 2 Why Do People Commit Crimes?

Chapter 3 What Are the Most Important Studies of Desistance and What Are the Future Research Needs?

Chapter 4 What Is the Impact of Probation in Advising Sentencing and Promoting Community Sanctions and Measures?

Chapter 5 Has Probation Any Impact in Terms of Reparation to Victims and Communities? Complicating a Simple Question

Chapter 7 What Is Probation’s Role in Successful Social Integration (Resettlement) of People Leaving Prison? A Piece in the Jigsaw

Chapter 8 What Is the Impact of Probation on Satisfying the Public’s Desire for Justice or Punishment?

Chapter 9 What Are the Costs and Benefits of Probation?

Chapter 10 Experiencing Supervision: From ‘Sparing the First Offenders’ to ‘Punishment in the Community’ and Repairing the Harm Done

Chapter 11 Electronic Monitoring and Probation Practice

Chapter 12 Explaining Probation

Chapter 13 Conclusion: The 12th Question