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Criminal Desistance Narratives of Young People in the West of Scotland: Understanding Spirituality and Criminogenic Constraints

open access: yesReligions, 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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Early Narratives of Desistance from Crime in Different Prison Regimes

open access: yesEuropean 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   +2 more
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“Recovery Came First”: Desistance versus Recovery in the Criminal Careers of Drug-Using Offenders

open access: yesThe 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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
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Working Through Desistance: Employment in Women’s Identity and Relational Desistance

open access: yesThe British Journal of Criminology, 2023
Abstract Desistance and re-entry literature has traditionally explored particular types of women’s relationships and social roles (such as maternal identities and familial relationships), while neglecting the potential for employment and work-related roles to support change.
openaire   +2 more sources

Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

open access: yesReligions, 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   +3 more
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Réimaginer la réinsertion sociale : le désistement assisté en Irlande

open access: yesCriminologie, 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

open access: yesRevista 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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Retour sur le concept de maturité dans le contexte du désistement de la délinquance durant la transition adolescence-vie adulte

open access: yesCriminologie, 2020
La criminologie des parcours de vie concernant le désistement de la délinquance a fourni peu de lignes directrices quant aux stratégies d’intervention visant les jeunes adultes.
Evan C. McCuish   +2 more
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Black Boys’ and Young Men’s Experiences with Criminal Justice and Desistance in England and Wales: A Literature Review

open access: yesGenealogy, 2020
Black boys and young men are over-represented in the youth and adult justice systems in England and Wales. Despite the Lammy Review (2017) into the treatment of and outcomes for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic individuals (BAME) in the criminal justice
Laura Robertson, John Peter Wainwright
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