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What Does Sustained Desistance from Violent Extremism Entail: A Proposed Theory of Change and Policy Implications

open access: yesTerrorism and Political Violence, 2023
While much is known about factors associated with deradicalisation and disengagement from violent extremism and terrorism, the underlying mechanisms at play have been under theorised.
Adrian Cherney, D. Koehler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Individual factors in intimate partner violence desistance: A descriptive patient study of eight patients

open access: yesTaiwanese Journal of Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) desistance is rare, and the subjective experience of change in IPV relation needs to be clarified. In this study, we intended to study potential factors of IPV desistance from exploring their subjective ...
Yi- Ching Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stable housing, ‘home’ and desistance: Views from Aotearoa New Zealand

open access: yesCriminology & Criminal Justice, 2023
There has been little theoretical development concerning the role of housing and the more subjective notion of ‘home’ in supporting desistance from crime.
Grace Low   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

«Alt er jo egeninnsats» – Kvinners vendepunkter bort fra kriminalitet

open access: yesNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, 2021
Research has emphasised the importance of turning points in desistance from crime. The current study investigates turning points in women’s desistance. Turning points from offending were explored through life story interviews with 20 female ex-offenders.
Katharina Gjeruldsen, Egil Jensen
doaj   +1 more source

Mental and Physical Health, Psychosocial Maturity, and Desistance in Young Adulthood

open access: yesJournal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2023
Recent theoretical and empirical work has drawn increased attention to the role that mental and physical health can play in promoting life-course success and desistance from crime.
Jeffrey T. Ward   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Desistance Upon Release From Prison: Narratives of Tragedy, Irony, Romance and Comedy

open access: yesBritish Journal of Criminology, 2023
Desistance research has largely revolved around the concepts of persistence in and desistance from crime, missing what happens between these two poles.
Emma Villman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The police as formal agents of change: Assisting desistance in individuals convicted of sexual offences

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2023
Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary public health approaches are necessary to prevent sexual re-offending. However, criminal justice solutions continue to dominate and the arrangement in England and Wales is no exception.
Sarah Pemberton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Some cognitive transformations about the dynamics of desistance

open access: yesCriminology & Public Policy, 2022
This article explores the role of cognitive transformations in the process of desistance from crime. Based on our own and others’ subsequent research, clearly, some aspects of our initial theorizing warrant revisiting and adjustment.
Peggy C. Giordano
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Transformative Power of Trust: Exploring Tertiary Desistance in Reinventive Prisons

open access: yesBritish Journal of Criminology, 2021
While prisons are often described as places of pain, despair and hopelessness, studies show that some prisoners under certain conditions report positive life changes happening in prison.
Thomas Ugelvik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developmental Pathway Choices of Young People Presenting to a Gender Service with Gender Distress: A Prospective Follow-Up Study

open access: yesChildren, 2023
This prospective case-cohort study examines the developmental pathway choices of 79 young people (13.25–23.75 years old; 33 biological males and 46 biological females) referred to a tertiary care hospital’s Department of Psychological Medicine (December ...
Joseph Elkadi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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