Conclusion: What Works in Offender Compliance

Abstract

The contributions to this volume offer wide-ranging empirical and theoretical analysis of offender compliance from diverse theoretical orientations and various academic disciplines which include criminology, law and psychology. This is quite intentional. Our primary aim has been to draw together international empirical and theoretical insights that can enhance knowledge and inform policy and practice in the field of offender compliance. Therefore, we invited leading international experts (who have researched and published widely in the field of offender compliance policy and practice) to contribute chapters. Experts based in diverse academic disciplines and in jurisdictions across Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada have contributed chapters that provide rich insights into: theories of compliance; the views of the key actors involved in compliance transactions-namely, criminal justice practitioners and the people they supervise; and emerging empirical work in the field of offender compliance.