Thames Valley Probation - Reducing Re-offending

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Reducing re-offending

Changing behaviour and preventing crime

The ability of offenders to change and rehabilitate with the appropriate support and guidance is central to the probation ethos.

Thames Valley Probation operates a range of successful activities aimed at tackling the root causes of offending. These include:

	Offending behaviour programmes Courses for people who keep committing offences. Evidence proves they can prevent people from offending again and work to change the way people think and act... Read more
	Alcohol treatment Offenders who have a drink dependency which causes them to commit crime can be ordered by the court to undertake Alcohol Treatment... Read more
	Drug rehabilitation Addiction to Class-A drugs is a major cause of crime. As a means of combating this, courts can issue offenders with a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement - providing fast access to a drug treatment programme with the goal of reducing drug related offending... Read more
	Specified Activity Requirements Adding a Specified Activity Requirement to an offender's sentence can help reduce re-offending. Thames Valley Probation is one of the only probation trusts to offer the courts Restorative Justice as a Specified Activity Requirement. We also offer a motivational activity called Back on Track...Read more
	Employment, training and education Providing offenders with training, skills and education to enable them to enter the workforce... Read more

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