IT was the 11-year-old daughter of a prisoner who pinpointed the Holy Grail for criminologists.
She explained that the critical factor in ending her parent's cycle of reoffending is quite simple: hope. She is one of hundreds affected by crime in Scotland who are taking part in innovative new research trying to unravel how to stop our most persistent offenders from reoffending.
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