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11 Eur. J. Probation 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/eurjp11 and id is 1 raw text is: Original Article E J European Journal of Probation 2019, Vol. I1(1)1 13 Mission Impossible? The © The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: professional isation of Austrian sagepub..../jo.... s-permissions DOI: 10.1177/2066220319852372 probation between desistance journa.sagepul.som/home/eip and what works OSAGE Veronika Hofinger Institut fuer Rechts- und Kriminalsoziologie, Wien, Austria Abstract Over the last few years, desistance research has gained importance as an alternative to the risk-based what works approach. When significant proponents speak of a new desistance-paradigm arising, it has to be borne in mind that their analyses focus mainly on the practice of probation in the UK where dramatic restructuring and cost-cutting were implemented under the what works label. This paper presents the results of a research project investigating the implementation of a cognitive behavioural programme in probation in Austria. This programme, developed on the basis of what works and Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR)-principles, is assessed from a desistance perspective. Probationers themselves reflect on what helped them to go straight and what role the programme played in the desistance process. It is shown that the what works- and the desistance-perspective may complement each other under specific circumstances, even if certain conceptual differences remain. Keywords Cognitive behavioural programme, desistance, probation, professionalisation, recidivism, risk, what works Introduction The Austrian probation service is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation. In the post-war period and the golden age of the conservative-corporatist model of the wel- fare state (Esping-Andersen, 1990), probation in Austria was based on psychoanalytic concepts and focused primarily on the relationship between the probationer and their probation officer, allowing freedom in the choice of methods and approaches. At the Corresponding author: Veronika Hofinger, Institut fuer Rechts- und Kriminalsoziologie, Museumstr. 5, Wien 1070, Austria. Email: veronika.hofinger@irks.at

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