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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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Four forms of 'offender' rehabilitation: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective [PDF]

, 2012
This paper aims to advance the case for a more fully interdisciplinary understanding of offender rehabilitation, partly as a means of shedding light upon and moving beyond contemporary ‘paradigm conflicts’.
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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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“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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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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Once a criminal always a criminal? A 15-year analysis of recidivism among female prisoners in Massachusetts [PDF]

, 2015
The study of prisoner recidivism has long captured the interest of criminal justice researchers. Recidivism studies attempt to answer a variety of questions ranging from what are the characteristics of those who reoffend, what factors predict offender ...
Mastrorilli, Mary Ellen, Norton-Hawk, Maureen, Usher, Nicole   +2 more
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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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Book review: Young Offenders: Crime, Prison and Struggles for Desistance [PDF]

, 2018
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Schinkel, Marguerite Luci
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Réimaginer la réinsertion sociale : le désistement assisté en Irlande

Criminologie, 2020
Les recherches portant sur la réinsertion sociale et le désistement ont coexisté jusqu’ici dans une mésalliance. Les tensions entre les deux domaines pourraient être dues aux différentes perspectives théoriques mises en avant pour expliquer les processus
Deirdre Healy
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Childhood risk and protective factors for early desisters, late desisters and life-course persistent offenders

Revista Española de Investigación Criminológica, 2019
The aim of this article is to investigate the extent to which childhood risk and protective factors predict later persistence or desistance in criminal careers, as it has been argued that childhood factors are not predictive.
David P. Farrington
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