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Desistance by design : offenders' reflections on criminal justice theory, policy and practice
, 2013 This article highlights the views and advice of offenders in Scotland about what helps and hinders young people generally in the process of desistance, why interventions may or may not encourage desistance and what criminal justice and other agencies can
Monica Barry, Barry, Monica
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Nordisk Tidsskrift for KriminalvidenskabYoung 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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The Importance of Family Support on the Desistance of the Ex-convicts Discharged from Prison
Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji DergisiThis study concentrates on the impact of socioeconomic and psychological support from the families of ex-convicts discharged from prison on their desistance from crime, both in prison and in the post-prison period.
Sadullah Seyidoğlu, Zahir Kızmaz
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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
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Religions, 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
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
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Desistance from criminal offending: exploring gender similarities and differences
Russian Journal of Economics and LawObjective: to reveal the similarities and differences between female and male discrete offender groups (desisters, persisters, late onseters, and conformers).
E. Gunnison
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Trial and Terror. Countering violent extremism and promoting disengagement in Belgium
Journal for Deradicalization, 2022 Efforts to promote disengagement from violent extremism have become a key ingredient in many counter-terrorism policies around the world. Deradicalisation and disengagement initiatives can also vary considerably from country to country.
Sigrid Raets
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Drug testing on arrest–who benefits?
Health & Justice, 2020 Background Drugs and crime are linked and diversion from the criminal justice system into drug treatment is a well-established policy response. The point of arrest is a pivotal moment to initiate a drug-specific intervention.
Marc Connor +4 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Research on how delinquent peer associations affect individuals’ life courses is limited. This paper addresses this gap by examining delinquent peer network characteristics and their impact on offending trajectories through social network analysis (SNA) and group‐based trajectory modeling (GBTM).
Daniel Trovato
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