PART I: SETTING THE SCENE - PROBATION AND COMPLIANCE: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY POLICY DEVELOPMENTS 1. Introduction; Pamela Ugwudike and Peter Raynor 2. Compulsory Persuasion in Probation History; Maurice Vanstone 3. What Counts? Community Sanctions and the Construction of Compliance; Gwen Robinson 4. Re-analysing the Compliance Dynamic: Towards a Co-productive Strategy and Practice; Patricia McCulloch PART II: IN THE FRONTLINE: THE IMPORTANCE OF OFFENDER MOTIVATION 5. Self-Applied Situational Crime Prevention as an Aid to Compliance; Anthony E. Bottoms 6. What and Who Might Enhance Offender Compliance: Situating Responsibilities; Ralph C. Serin, Caleb D. Lloyd, Laura J. Hanby and Marianna Shturman 7. Compliance through Discussion: the Jersey Experience; Peter Raynor 8. Compliance in Prisons; Ben Crewe 9. Surveillance-Based Compliance using Electronic Monitoring; Mike Nellis 10. Compliance with Community Orders: Frontline Perspectives and Evidence-based Practices; Pamela Ugwudike PART III: EVIDENCE-LED COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH 11. Offender Recall for Non-compliance in France and Fairness: an Analysis of 'sentences implementation courts' Practices; Martine Herzog-Evans 12. Compliance Dynamics: a Multidisciplinary Review and Exploration of Compliance Processes in the Belgian Context; Stef Decoene and Kristel Beyens 13. Effective Supervision of Young Offenders; Christopher Trotter 14. A Tale of Two Innovations: Motivational Interviewing and Core Correctional Practices in US Probation; Melissa Alexander, Christopher T. Lowenkamp and Charles R. Robinson 15. The Importance of Building Good Relationships in Community Corrections: Evidence, Theory, and Practice of the Therapeutic Alliance; Guy Bourgon and Leticia Guiterrez PART IV: OFFENDER DIVERSITY: CONTEXTUALISING COMPLIANCE THEORY, POLICY AND PRACTICE 16. Working with Women in Probation: 'Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?'; Loraine Gelsthorpe 17. Encouraging Compliance, Maintaining Credibility or Fast Tracking to Custody?' Perspectives on enforcement in the youth justice system; Tim Bateman 18. Achieving Compliance with Drug Misusing Offenders: Challenges for the Probation Service; Paul Sparrow 19. Conclusion: What Works in Offender Compliance?; Pamela Ugwudike and Peter Raynor