posted on 2019-10-01, 14:32authored byWendy Fitzgibbon, Deirdre Healy
The lives and experiences of those on probation supervision are often invisible and dismissed as unimportant or worse as ‘an easy option’. This article reviews two different studies in England and Ireland which utilized an innovative technique, Photovoice, to foreground the experiences of probationers on their journey towards desistance. The difficulties they face such as stigma, social judgement and exclusion are explored as well as their need for emotional calm, and support and understanding from their supervisors and the wider community. Photovoice as a methodological and creative tool is revealed as a novel and expressive means to develop insight into probation supervision and an effective technique for undertaking cross-national research which can communicate across cultural boundaries.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The project was funded by the UCD Seed Funding Scheme [Project Reference SF1328] in Ireland and the Howard League for Penal Reform (England).
History
Citation
Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2017, 19(1), pp. 3-25
Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of Criminology
Version
AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Published in
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US), British Society of Criminology