%0 Journal Article
%T Mission Impossible? The professionalisation of Austrian probation between desistance and ¡°what works¡±
%A Veronika Hofinger
%J European Journal of Probation
%@ 2066-2203
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2066220319852372
%X Over the last few years, desistance research has gained importance as an alternative to the risk-based ¡°what works¡± approach. When significant proponents speak of a new desistance-paradigm arising, it has to be borne in mind that their analyses focus mainly on the practice of probation in the UK where dramatic restructuring and cost-cutting were implemented under the ¡°what works¡± label. This paper presents the results of a research project investigating the implementation of a cognitive behavioural programme in probation in Austria. This programme, developed on the basis of ¡°what works¡± and Risk-Need-Responsivity ("RNR")-principles, is assessed from a desistance perspective. Probationers themselves reflect on what helped them to ¡°go straight¡± and what role the programme played in the desistance process. It is shown that the ¡°what works¡±- and the desistance-perspective may complement each other under specific circumstances, even if certain conceptual differences remain
%K Cognitive behavioural programme
%K desistance
%K probation
%K professionalisation
%K recidivism
%K risk
%K what works
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2066220319852372