Ex-gang members who have become help-professionals : what influences their desistance from gang involvement and their career choice? : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work in Social Work at Massey University, Auckland Campus, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 The growing population and changing structure of New Zealand gangs have been observed since the 1950s. Well-documented international and local research provides ample information about the process of gang affiliation and gang desistance.
Radak, Gabor
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Psychosocial functioning of drug treatment court clients : a study of the prosecutor's files in Ghent [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose – Problem solving courts are a result of the therapeutic jurisprudence movement. Drug treatment courts (DTCs), for instance, aim to divert substance using offenders away from the criminal justice system (CJS) to ...
Dekkers, Anne +3 more
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Opportunistic competition law enforcement [PDF]
We analyse the interplay between investigation policies, deterrence and desistance in a model where a competition authority monitors multiple sectors and faces a budget constraint that prevents it from deterring cartels in all sectors simultaneously ...
Michiel Bijlsma, Roel van Elk
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Achieving Transboundary Water Security Through Water Innovations: A Framework and Cases
World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT Alternative sources of freshwater, provided by various innovations, have long been available to countries facing acute water stress. We hypothesize that avoiding and/or resolving conflict with neighbors—caused by the uncertainty of continued access to shared surface water and groundwater sources—is another driver of innovation adoption ...
David Lewis Feldman
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The We in Me. Considering Terrorist Desistance from a Social Identity Perspective.
Journal for Deradicalization, 2017 At present, the issue of leaving terrorism behind is a widely discussed but poorly understood subject. When compared to the extensive body of literature on the process of radicalization, research on terrorist desistance is both theoretically and ...
Sigrid Raets
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The construction of biodiversity in conservation policy discourse: A multiscalar analysis
Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.This article examines how biodiversity is constructed in conservation policy discourses globally and in biodiversity priority countries, using Africa and Zambia as a case study, through critical discourse analysis and critical insights from political ecology.
Tiza I. Mfuni +3 more
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Structural context and pathways to desistance [PDF]
, 2016 Some authors have argued that turning points and other pathways to desistance may be dependent on the context and therefore desistance scholars should pay attention to the structural dimension of desistance.
Cid Moliné, Josep, Martí Olivé, Joel
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Fear of Violent Crime and Emigration Intentions in the Northern Triangle: Current Developments
Sociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 190-218, February 2026.Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—countries that comprise the region known as the Northern Triangle—have experienced a significant increase in emigration to the United States in recent years. A vast literature suggests that a major push factor is the persistence of criminal violence in the region.
Cristian L. Paredes, Keyla Navarrete
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How healthy is your ‘community of practice’? [PDF]
, 2004 This article explores cultural change and situated approaches to learning as a basis for understanding developments in the daily life of the probation organization. These are highlighted in the concept of ‘communities of practice’ that describes learning
Lynch, R.
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The spiritual way to desistance?
Nordisk Tidsskrift for KriminalvidenskabIn the years 2001-2019, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service operated religious retreat activities at the high-security prison in Kumla, to which prisoners serving long-term sentences could apply.
Susanne Alm +2 more
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