This project will explore how different criminal justice systems and community partners have been able to assist former-prisoners during the pandemic, where a wide-spread shift to the ‘remote delivery’ of personal services was initiated. The many challenges faced by former-prisoners must be addressed in order to assist them in the new ‘virtual world’. In order to build a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable society, we must understand why people stop offending, cope with challenging situations and how we can foster desistance.

The research project is led and coordinated by Professor Isabelle F.-Dufour from the Université Laval (Quebec, Canada). Participating in the project as partners and principal investigators are Professor Stephen Farrall from the University of Nottingham (UK) and Dr. Eeva Järveläinen from the Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland).

F.-Dufour, I., Farrall, S., Järveläinen, E., Rantala, H., Rennie, A., Tetri, B., & Ihamouine-Molto, L. (2026). Re-Entry and Desistance from Crime in a Digital Era (1st ed.). Routledge.