This article focuses on the feasibility of using a desistance-focused approach in the National Probation Service (NPS) in the post-Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) context. Findings are drawn from an exploratory study undertaken in one NPS Division, which used triangulation of three data collection methods: observations of one-to-one supervision sessions, documentary analysis and practitioner focus groups. Findings show that practitioners use elements of a desistance-focused approach, although not exclusively. Values based upon belief in the capacity to change and the need to offer support endure, despite mass organisational upheaval. The article concludes by suggesting that this ‘enduring habitus’ of probation could be an enabler for a desistance-focused approach but instrumentalism in policy and practice is a significant barrier.

本文重点介绍在改造后康复（TR）的背景下，在国家缓刑服务（NPS）中使用基于停战的方法的可行性。调查结果是在一个NPS部门进行的一项探索性研究中得出的，该研究使用了三种数据收集方法的三角测量法：一对一监督会议的观察，文献分析和从业者焦点小组。研究结果表明，从业人员使用了以停战为中心的方法的要素，尽管不是排他性的。尽管组织机构发生了剧变，但基于对变更能力和提供支持的需求的信念所产生的价值仍然存在。文章最后指出，这种缓刑的“持久习性”可以成为专注于对抗的方法的推动者，但政策和实践中的工具主义却是一个重大障碍。