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. 2022 Jun;69(2):216-234.
doi: 10.1177/02645505221087980.

Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice

Coral Sirdfield  1 , Helen Nichols  1 , Philip Mullen  2
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Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice

Coral Sirdfield et al. Probat J. 2022 Jun.

Abstract

Probation staff perform a health-related role involving identifying health-related drivers of offending behaviour; facilitating access to support for these, including continuity of care for people leaving prison; and advising the courts on appropriate sentencing. This study analyses data from probation staff surveys and interviews with people that were under probation supervision during the pandemic to investigate the impact of the response to the pandemic on a) this health-related role, b) the lived experience of accessing health support whilst engaging with probation, and c) partnership working and pathways into healthcare for people under probation supervision.

Keywords: Covid-19; criminal justice system; health; pandemic; probation; qualitative research; rehabilitation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Summary of probation's health-related role.
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Thematic map from staff survey data.
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Thematic map from interview data.
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