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Pathways to honesty: Exploring the ecological desistance of atypical lying features. [PDF]

J Res Adolesc
Abstract Atypical lying (i.e., dishonesty that is excessive, impulsive, for fun, or lacks clear motive) may signal broader developmental risks. This study examined whether baseline levels and changes in parenting, peer, and individual factors were associated with trajectories of atypical lying from ages 14 to 26.
Decrop R, Rodgers E, Cho S, Briones A, Beardslee J, Cauffman E.   +5 more
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Criminal Desistance Narratives of Young People in the West of Scotland: Understanding Spirituality and Criminogenic Constraints

Religions, 2018
In our qualitative study of urban youth living in the West of Scotland, we argue that religion and spirituality give personal sustenance and hope from which a process of desistance can emerge. Religious worship offers a ‘site’ for undermining reoffending
Chris Holligan, Robert McLean
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“Recovery Came First”: Desistance versus Recovery in the Criminal Careers of Drug-Using Offenders

The Scientific World Journal, 2012
The aim of our paper is to gain insight in the desistance process of drug-using offenders. We explore the components of change in the desistance process of drug-using offenders by using the cognitive transformation theory of Giordano et al.
Charlotte Colman, Freya Vander Laenen
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Early Narratives of Desistance from Crime in Different Prison Regimes

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2019
Priority given to investigating the onset and maintenance of criminal behavior in the past is currently giving way to a new focus on the process of criminal desistance.
Ana M. Martín, Federica Padrón, Santiago Redondo   +2 more
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Forensic Outpatient Variables That May Help to Prevent Further Detention

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
BackgroundForensic outpatient treatment in Germany helps forensic patients back into society while managing the risk that these individuals present to public safety.
Karoline Klinger, Thomas Ross, Thomas Ross, Jan Bulla, Jan Bulla   +4 more
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Understanding desistance: a critical review of theories of desistance [PDF]

Psychology, Crime & Law, 2019
Informed by a comprehensive review of theories and research into desistance (Weaver, 2015), this article advances a critical and contemporary overview of the main theories of desistance, drawing on illustrative empirical research. It begins by addressing definitional issues, prior to showing how various theories of desistance differently explain the ...
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Youth transitions : from offending to desistance [PDF]

, 2010
This article examines youth transitions and youth offending in tandem. It argues that the transition to adulthood is heavily implicated in the fact that most offending occurs in the youth phase.
Barry, Monica
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Desistance, reflexivity and relationality : a case study [PDF]

, 2013
This paper presents the analysis of a single life-story drawn from a larger study examining theindividual, relational and structural contributions to the desistance process.
Weaver, Beth
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Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

Religions, 2018
This study explores the long-term impact on recidivism of the engagement of over 300 women prisoners with humanist, spiritual and religious ways of making meaning during their incarceration.
Jeff Duncan, Richard Stansfield, Steve Hall, Tom O’Connor   +3 more
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Gangs, Guns, and Drugs: Recidivism among Serious, Young Offenders [PDF]

, 2007
The primary goal of this study is to understand the factors that best explain recidivism among a sample of 322 young men aged 17 to 24 years released from prison in a Midwestern state.
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