Holistic Responses to Reducing Reoffending

Offering a range of theoretical and conceptual ideas as well as practical examples, this book provides a detailed insight into holistic opportunities for promoting desistance, reducing reoffending, and supporting (re)settlement and (re)integration.

Ian Mahoney is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and co-chair of the Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research group at Nottingham Trent University. His research adopts a cultural criminological lens and is currently focused on understanding and addressing the harms and impacts of crime and contact with the justice system across diverse groups including minoritised communities, women with convictions and individuals convicted of sexual offences.
Rahmanara Chowdhury is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. She is a chartered psychologist and a member of the Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement. Her work focuses on minority communities and manifestations of various forms of abuse, particularly within faith contexts. She also explores the experiences of minorities within the criminal justice system. Rahmanara is particularly keen to build bridges across communities that are often portrayed as the other and to be feared, through the sharing of knowledge, understanding, relationship building and capacity development.