Desistance from crime following substance use treatment: the role of treatment retention, social network and self-control [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background Reductions in crime are often reported following substance use treatment. We explore the relationship between desistance from crime, treatment type, treatment retention and positive changes in known risk factors for crime. Methods We used data
Ingeborg Skjærvø +3 more
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Understanding Desistance from Crime [PDF]
Crime and Justice, 2001 The study of desistance from crime is hampered by definitional, measurement, and theoretical incoherence.
John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson
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Starting to Stop: Young Offenders’ Desistance from Crime [PDF]
Youth Justice, 2017 This article explores the complexities of the interplay between structural and agentic changes in 21 young offenders’ lives as they start to stop offending. The young people’s ability to desist from crime was dependent upon their engagement with a ‘hook for change’, their development of prosocial relationships and ‘knifing off’ of elements of their ...
McMahon, Gráinne, Jump, Deborah
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Desistance from Crime among Chinese Delinquents: The Integrated Effects of Family Bonding, Prosocial Models, and Religious Bonding [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Desistance from crime is a popular topic in global criminological research; however, few studies have focused on desistance among delinquent youth, particularly in non-Western societies.
G. W. Y. Au, Dennis S. W. Wong
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Desistance from Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: The Influence of Parents, Peers, and Shifts in Identity [PDF]
J Res Crime Delinq, 2020 Objectives: Research on criminal continuity and change has traditionally focused on elements of the adult life course (e.g., marriage and employment); however, recent social and economic changes suggest the need to consider a broader range of factors. In
Jennifer E. Copp +3 more
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Higher Education and Desistance From Crime [PDF]
Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 2021 Prisoners are one of the most socially and economically disadvantaged groups in society, with low levels of educational attainment and involvement in higher education.
Nicola Hughes
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Criminal Desistance Narratives of Young People in the West of Scotland: Understanding Spirituality and Criminogenic Constraints [PDF]
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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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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Pathways to honesty: Exploring the ecological desistance of atypical lying features. [PDF]
J Res AdolescAbstract Atypical lying (i.e., dishonesty that is excessive, impulsive, for fun, or lacks clear motive) may signal broader developmental risks. This study examined whether baseline levels and changes in parenting, peer, and individual factors were associated with trajectories of atypical lying from ages 14 to 26.
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Understanding the access to and use of digital technology by people in the criminal legal system: empirical findings from Wales [PDF]
Health & JusticeBackground There is growing recognition of digital technology's role in supporting desistance and improving the well-being and social inclusion of people in the criminal legal system (CLS).
Gemma Morgan +2 more
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