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Desistance From Sexual Offending

open access: yesCurrent Psychiatry Reports, 2021
This article reviews the growing body of knowledge on desistance from sexual offending. Although the cessation of offending is a standard observation in criminology and has been demonstrated by people who commit all manner of crimes, it has only recently been considered relevant for individuals convicted of sexual offences.Desistance from crime is a ...
openaire   +3 more sources

"The good days are amazing", an evaluation of the Writer's in Prison Network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Writers in Prison Network (WIPN) was established and appointed by the Arts Council in April 1998 to administer the Writers in Residence in Prison Scheme.
Albertson, Katherine, O'Keeffe, Caroline
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On the cusp of recognition : using critical theory to promote desistance among young offenders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Theories of desistance increasingly acknowledge the need to engage with political and economic discourses beyond the criminal justice system. This article turns to the critical theory of Axel Honneth, Nancy Fraser and others to explore the relevance to ...
Barry, Monica
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Annual Research Review: Early conduct problems – precursors, outcomes, and etiology

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
During the toddler and preschool period, nearly all children engage in some level of aggression, defiance, stealing, and temper tantrums. While the frequency and intensity of these behaviors tends to decrease across early childhood, a subset of children engage in these conduct problem behaviors at a higher intensity early in life and/or do not desist ...
Luke W. Hyde   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sociology of Humanist, Spiritual, and Religious Practice in Prison: Supporting Responsivity and Desistance from Crime

open access: yesReligions, 2011
This paper presents evidence for why Corrections should take the humanist, spiritual, and religious self-identities of people in prison seriously, and do all it can to foster and support those self-identities, or ways of establishing meaning in life ...
Jeff B. Duncan, Tom P. O’Connor
doaj   +1 more source

"I’ve been there, done that…" : a study of youth gang desistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article, based on research conducted in Glasgow, Scotland, analyses the complex process of desistance from youth gangs. The discussion is multifaceted focusing on the agency of the young people themselves as well as on how relationships within their
Gormally, Sinead
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Efficiency in the Global Prison System: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study systematizes the international literature on prison system efficiency, highlighting patterns and research gaps through a multidimensional framework. By situating efficiency within broader institutional, social, and rights‐based contexts, it examines how academic research has assessed carceral performance.
Leandro Moreira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trauma-Informed Practice and Desistance Theories: Competing or Complementary Approaches to Working with Children in Conflict with the Law? [PDF]

open access: yesSalus Journal, 2020
This article considers two practice developments in Welsh (UK) youth justice: desistance-informed practice and the trauma recovery model (as applied in an intervention known as enhanced case management).
Jonathan Evans   +3 more
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"Nothing has convinced me to stop" Young people's perceptions and experiences of persistant offending [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Nothing Has Convinced Me To Stop results from the former Scottish Executive tasking the project with consulting young people about persistent offending.
Barry, Monica   +2 more
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Institutional Logics as a Resource and Risk: Logic Deviance and Categorical Penalties in US Community Banks

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Can institutional logics be damaging for the same category of actors they are presumed to benefit? Can firms prevent or reduce this detrimental effect? This study integrates the institutional logics perspective with category research to examine these questions in the context of community banks.
Stephen J. Smulowitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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