Understanding Desistance from Crime Emerging Theoretical Directions in Resettlement and Rehabilitation

Author/creator Farrall, Stephen Author
Other author Calverley, Adam Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOpen University Press [Imprint] Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education Blacklick : McGraw-Hill Companies, The [Distributor] Blacklick : McGraw-Hill Companies, The [Distributor] Blacklick : McGraw-Hill Companies, The [Distributor]
Description248 p. ill 09.400 x 06.800 in.
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Summary Annotation <ul><li>Why do people stop offending?</li><li>What are the processes they undergo in stopping?</li><li>What can be done to help more people who have offended put their pasts behind them?</li></ul>The growth of interest in why people stop offending and how they are resettled following punishment has been remarkable. Once a marginal topic in criminology, it is now a central topic of research and theorising amongst those studying criminal careers.<p>This book is both an introduction to research on desistance, and the report on a follow-up of two hundred probationers sentenced to supervision in the late 1990s. The reader is introduced to some of the wider issues and debates surrounding desistance via a consideration of the criminal careers of a group of ex-offenders. This lively engagement with both data and theoretical matters makes the book a useful tool for both academics and students.</p><p>The book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics studying criminology, criminal justice, sociology, social work, social policy and psychology, as well as trainee probation officers.</p>
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LCCN 2006373373
ISBN9780335219483
ISBN0335219489 (Perfect) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780335219483
Stock number0335219489 00992953

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