ALT Chief Inspector of Probation, Justin Russell is pictured on a lime green background. He is quoted as saying “This vital research demonstrates the difference that high-quality probation supervision can make to reoffending rates. “By matching our judgements on thousands of individual cases with data held on the Police National Computer, we have been able to show that where probation staff engage well with people on probation and ensure that the factors driving their offending are identified and dealt with, people are more likely to successfully complete their sentence and less likely to commit further crimes.”