Trusting Recovery and Desistance

“Lauren Hall’s book makes a significant contribution to the emerging literature on desistance and recovery. Her social components model is both innovative and has important implications for research and practice in this area. This is an important text in advancing our ability to support and sustain positive change”

David Best, Professor in Criminology, Leeds Trinity University

“Like offending and addiction, desistance and recovery are inextricably entwined, yet the two processes are somehow separated by disciplinary silos. In this ground-breaking analysis, Hall integrates the two frameworks, uncovers the common sociological forces that unite them, and presents an exciting way forward for research and practice.”

Shadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast

Lauren Hall is an Assistant Professor in criminology at the University of Nottingham. Her research seeks to better understand recovery from addiction and desistance from crime, with a view to increasing strength-based approaches in practice that are supported by evidence. She has also engaged in broader criminal justice related research, for example exploring experiences of desistance from partner perspectives; gendered social mechanisms of recovery; the health and well-being of prison governors; and the implementation of prison (re)settlement programmes.