Barry, Monica
(2018).
Breach and compliance with community supervision in Scotland.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Archive.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-851985
Over 40 per cent of people serving community punishments are subject to breach (not complying with a disposal because of further offending or failing to keep to conditions), yet the processes of compliance and breach are little understood or researched.
Data description (abstract)
This study of breach and compliance in Scotland uses quantitative and qualitative data to explore how offenders and professionals interpret compliance and breach; what factors relating to policy, practice and offender characteristics affect compliance and breach; and how breach policy and practice can be enhanced so as to encourage the cessation of offending. A literature review, the collection of aggregate data nationally and 375 interviews with professionals and offenders in 3 case study areas are the 3 methods to be used. The study seeks to impact politically (boosting confidence in criminal justice social work amongst the judiciary, offenders and the wider public), economically (ensuring that social work engagement with offenders works to secure their cooperation and reintegration), and operationally (offering new ways for supervising social workers to engage meaningfully with offenders subject to community-based disposals and post-custodial orders).
Data creators: |
Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Barry Monica |
Personal/Independent Researcher/Consultant |
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Contributors: |
Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Moodie Kristina |
University of Strathclyde |
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Weaver Beth |
University of Strathclyde |
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Piacentini Laura |
University of Strathclyde |
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Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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Grant reference: |
ES/J02340X/1
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Topic classification: |
Law, crime and legal systems
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Keywords: |
Breach, compliance, offenders, criminal justice, Reintegration
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Project title: |
Regulating Justice: The Dynamics of Compliance and Breach in Criminal Justice Social Work in Scotland
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Grant holders: |
Monica Barry
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Project dates: |
From | To |
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3 December 2012 | 31 May 2015 |
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Date published: |
23 Jun 2017 15:41
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Last modified: |
08 Oct 2018 15:14
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Collection period: |
Date from: | Date to: |
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1 December 2012 | 31 May 2015 |
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Geographical area: |
Scotland |
Country: |
United Kingdom |
Data collection method: |
125 professionals and 250 offenders were interviewed across Scotland, in one to one face-to-face or phone interviews.
Professsionals included a random selection of sheriffs, JPs, judges, social work managers, social work practitioners, unpaid work officers, lawyers, and representatives of the police, prison service and Dept. of Work and Pensions.
Offenders included a purposive sample of those on community-based disposals (unpaid work, supervision, probation, community service) and on post-release licence (parole/non-parole licence, extended sentences, life licence). We tried to sample equal numbers of breachers and compliers (as noted in social work records) and as many women as possible (who constitute only about 10-15% of all offenders on supervision). |
Observation unit: |
Individual, Organization |
Kind of data: |
Audio |
Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
Resource language: |
English |
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Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
The data are new interviews. No changes were made to the data.
All respondents completed a consent form agreeing to their data being shared. All files have been anonymised as much as possible and no subject should be identifiable.
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Rights owners: |
Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Barry Monica |
Personal/Independent Researcher/Consultant |
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Contact: |
Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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Barry, Monica | monicabarry.research@gmail.com | Personal/Independent Researcher/Consultant | Unspecified |
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Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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Publisher: |
UK Data Archive
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Last modified: |
08 Oct 2018 15:14
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