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‘What the f**k Is Maturity?’: Young Adulthood, Subjective Maturity and Desistance From Crime

open access: yesBritish Journal of Criminology, 2019
This article contributes to the ‘dissection’ of maturation by advancing previously overlooked, subjective aspects of the concept. The article draws upon life story research with 20 young adults in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
B. Coyle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Volume 5 #2 Full Issue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Volume 5 #2 Full ...
Kamat, Preeti
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Once a criminal always a criminal? A 15-year analysis of recidivism among female prisoners in Massachusetts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The study of prisoner recidivism has long captured the interest of criminal justice researchers. Recidivism studies attempt to answer a variety of questions ranging from what are the characteristics of those who reoffend, what factors predict offender ...
Mastrorilli, Mary Ellen   +2 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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Points de vue des femmes judiciarisées : trajectoires drogue-crime et rôle des services en dépendance sur leur rétablissement et leur désistement

open access: yesCriminologie
Chez les personnes judiciarisées, les problèmes liés à la consommation de substances psychoactives (SPA) sont fréquents. Les trajectoires drogue-crime et les effets des services en dépendance demeurent toutefois moins documentés pour les femmes que pour ...
Natacha Brunelle, Ph. D   +5 more
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The spiritual way to desistance?

open access: yesNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
In the years 2001-2019, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service operated religious retreat activities at the high-security prison in Kumla, to which prisoners serving long-term sentences could apply.
Susanne Alm   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Probation, rehabilitation and reparation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper is a version of the 2nd Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, organised by the Association for Crime and Justice Research and delivered on 7th May 2009 at the headquarters of the Probation Service of Ireland in Dublin.
McNeill, Fergus
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How healthy is your ‘community of practice’? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article explores cultural change and situated approaches to learning as a basis for understanding developments in the daily life of the probation organization. These are highlighted in the concept of ‘communities of practice’ that describes learning
Lynch, R.
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Embodied Belonging: Rough-and-Tumble Play as a Mechanism for Social Cohesion in Martial Arts

open access: yesSAGE Open
Martial arts are increasingly promoted as interventions for youth in high-risk, socioeconomically marginalized areas. While existing literature has focused on psychological outcomes such as self-regulation, or sociological themes like identity ...
Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson
doaj   +1 more source

Learning to Escape: Prison Education, Rehabilitation and the Potential for Transformation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article examines motivations behind participation in education based on interviews with Irish prisoners. It begins by considering the relationship between education and rehabilitation, especially the latter’s re-emergence in a more authoritarian ...
Behan, Cormac
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