Comparing Rehabilitation – Why, Where and How?

​Comparing Rehabilitation – Why, Where and How?

​This webinar will feature Professor Fergus McNeill of the University of Glasgow, whose work has examined punishment, rehabilitation, reintegration and desistance over many years. Drawing on his research and wider contribution to criminal justice development, this opening session will consider why rehabilitation should be compared across different countries, what can be learned from those comparisons, and how rehabilitative ideals are translated into practice in different legal, social and institutional settings.

​This discussion will look beyond formal policy statements and ask how rehabilitation is actually understood, delivered, experienced and evaluated in practice. It will explore the value of comparative thinking for those seeking to develop more effective, humane and reflective criminal justice systems. This session will be facilitated by Professor Rob Canton.