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Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

11 March 2020

Efforts to prevent prisoners from reoffending are often lacking in scientific rigour and can even fly in the face of available evidence

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