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Social Practices or Functional Skills? Rehabilitation or Rights? An Analysis of Scottish Prison Learning Contracts

Encyclopaideia, 2019
This paper critically examines some of the research arising from prison contexts internationally, questioning the notion that adult learning might serve the purpose of rehabilitation or encouraging desistance from crime. These discussions are utilised to
Sarah Galloway
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Making Desistance Recognizable: How Ex-Offenders Can Signal Their Desistance From Crime to Employers by Strategic Design

, 2023
One of the primary concerns employers hold about hiring an ex-offender is the potential reoffending risk they pose. However, criminological literature shows that an ex-offender may be able to mitigate employers’ concerns by signalling their desistance ...
Suzanne E Reich, Reich, Suzanne E
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Désistement assisté en contexte formel : une étude de la portée

Criminologie, 2020
Les indicateurs de récidive sont souvent utilisés pour évaluer l’efficacité des interventions réalisées par les acteurs formels du système de justice pénale. Ces études permettent de déterminer « ce qui fonctionne » pour prévenir la récidive. Par contre,
Marie-Pierre Villeneuve, Isabelle F.-Dufour, Stephen Farrall   +2 more
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Désistement assisté : vecteur d’intégration sociocommunautaire pour des adolescents engagés dans une délinquance grave ou persistante

Criminologie, 2020
Concilier les objectifs légaux et cliniques des mesures pénales est un défi de taille dans l’intervention auprès d’adolescents engagés dans une délinquance grave ou persistante (ADGP).
Marie-Pierre Villeneuve, Isabelle F.-Dufour, Daniel Turcotte   +2 more
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Higher Education and Desistance From Crime

Irish Journal of Academic Practice
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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White-collar offenders and desistance from crime: Future selves and constancy of change

, 2015
This book explores the particular challenges faced by white-collar offenders following punishment. White-collar offenders are a group that have not typically considered by literature concerned with desistance from crime, possibly because the transition ...
Hunter, Ben
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Youth justice policy and its influence on desistance from crime [PDF]

, 2009
Tackling youth crime has become a prime concern of Government policy relating to children and young people. However, the arena in which such policy is played out remains predominantly within the confines of the youth justice system rather than in wider ...
Barry, Monica
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Motherhood as a Factor Supporting Desistance from Crime among Incarcerated Mothers Residing with Their Children in Mother and Child Units within Polish Prisons

Journal of Modern Science
Objectives To analyse the role of motherhood as a factor supporting desistance from crime among incarcerated women staying with children in Mother and Child Homes in Poland, and to identify factors influencing rehabilitation and social reintegration ...
Marta Jaroszewska, Kazimierz Antoni Pierzchała   +1 more
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Déjouer l’androcentrisme des savoirs sur les sorties de délinquance : prendre au sérieux les expériences de femmes judiciarisées

Criminologie, 2023
Cette contribution explore les dynamiques personnelles et sociales associées aux parcours de sortie de délinquance de huit femmes judiciarisées en Suisse romande.
Aurélie Stoll, Valérie Rouiller, Manon Jendly   +2 more
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«Jeg vil bli en å regne med»

Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Young men’s desistance from gangs involved in crime is a pressing social issue in the Nordic countries. Drawing from a larger study comprising life story interviews with previously incarcerated men across different life stages, this article elaborates ...
Aage Aagesen
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