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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 +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 +4 more
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‘A wee kick up the arse’: Mentoring, motivation and desistance from crime
Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2021 Mentoring is an increasingly popular approach for supporting people who have a history of offending. Previous research provides some evidence that it may contribute to reductions in offending behaviour and support desistance from crime. The present study
Steve Kirkwood
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Transgender Health, 2021 Background: Desistance is a concept that has been poorly defined in the literature, yet greatly impacts the arguments for and against providing gender-affirming care for transgender and gender expansive (TGE) youth. This literature review aims to provide
Baer Karrington
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Desistance: A Utopian Perspective
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 2021 : The written diaries of 43 adult male respondents from a prison sample that had participated in a restorative justice intervention reveal a nuanced and dynamic process of desistance via their hopes and pains of anticipated desistance at the micro, meso ...
David Patton, S. Farrall
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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 +3 more
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Redeeming desistance: From individual journeys to a social movement
Criminology (Beverly Hills)Early desistance research identified a key role for redemption scripts in the process of desisting from crime. This research emerged in an incredibly punitive environment at the turn of the century, when core beliefs about human redeemability were being ...
Shadd Maruna
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Offenders’ Narratives on Criminal Desistance While Serving a Prison Sentence
Victims & Offenders, 2021 This study analyzes the early desistance narratives of a sample of 44 male offenders, between 20 and 50 years old, incarcerated in Spain for serious crimes.
S. Redondo +2 more
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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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