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Age and crime: Empirical and theoretical approaches of criminal adult onset [PDF]
Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 2023 According to the age-crime curve, prevalence in crime displays an increase over the period from the late childhood to adolescence, a peak towards the end of adolescence and a downward trend afterwards during adulthood.
Kontopoulou E.
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«Alt er jo egeninnsats» – Kvinners vendepunkter bort fra kriminalitet
Nordisk 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
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Finnish supervised probationary freedom as support for a desistance from crime
European Journal of Probation, 2023 Electronic monitoring enables different, more transparent and open ways of enforcing sentences. This study examines Finnish Supervised Probationary Freedom (SPF) from the perspective of a desistance from crime.
Eeva Järveläinen +2 more
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The Educative Role of Social Reintegration Programs on Desistance from Crime
Research and Education, 2023 Social reintegration programs carried out within probation services are an important factor contributing to desistance from crime. A large number of people in the records of these services have the obligation to participate in at least one such program ...
Laura-Julia Koblicska
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‘We need community’: Bridging the path to desistance from crime with community football
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2023 Recidivism costs society, communities, families and individuals. Sport is heralded as an accessible way to engage and incentivise people convicted of crime to change their lifestyles.
M. Newson +4 more
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Social Sciences, 2021 Despite a small but growing literature on gang disengagement and desistance, little is known about how social networks and changes in networks correspond to self-reported changes in street gang membership over time.
Caterina G. Roman +2 more
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Experiential peer support and desistance from crime: a systematic realist literature review
Psychology, Crime & Law, 2023 Although support by experiential peers for individuals with criminal behaviour is increasing, an empirical basis for its effectiveness is lacking. The purpose of this review was to investigate outcomes, mechanisms, and contextual factors of individual ...
M. Lenkens +6 more
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Negotiating bereavement and loss: Influencing persistence and desistance from crime
Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2021 Much previous research has considered experiences of bereavement and loss in a prison-based setting. This overshadows the nature of bereavement within the context of community supervision and probation delivery, resulting in inadequate explorations of ...
Natalie Rutter
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The Prisons of Democracy. Experiences of Prison Management in Contemporary Argentina
Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal, 2023 The article presents a set of dissimilar experiences and a diversity of state responses in prison matters since the recovery of democracy in Argentina, based on the identification of three relevant moments: the first, marked by the search for a ...
Andrea Lombraña +2 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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