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Criminal careers in transition the social context of desistance from crime

Title
Criminal careers in transition [electronic resource] : the social context of desistance from crime / Stephen Farrall, Ben Hunter, Gilly Sharpe, and Adam Calverley.
Author
Farrall, Stephen.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Hunter, Ben (Lecturer in Criminology)
  • Sharpe, Gilly.
  • Calverley, Adam.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 331 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
"Follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late-1990s. The research undertaken since the inception of the project in 1996 has focused on developing a long-term evidence base, rather than a rapid assessment, examining whether (and how) probation supervision assists desistance from crime. Building on interviews from previous sweeps, the authors continue their exploration into the needs identified by probation officers and probationers, the extent to which these have been successfully met over the medium to long-term, and whether this suggests that probation helps probationers to desist."--Provided by publisher
Series Statement
Clarendon studies in criminology
Uniform Title
  • Criminal careers in transition (Online)
  • Clarendon studies in criminology.
Alternative Title
Criminal careers in transition (Online)
Subject
  • Probation > Great Britain > Evaluation
  • Criminals > Rehabilitation > Great Britain
  • Recidivism > Great Britain > Prevention
  • Change (Psychology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Part 1. What we did, how we did it, and why we did it that way -- Critically reviewing what we know about why people stop offending -- Integrating structural and individual-level processes in criminal careers research -- The mechanics of studying desistance from crime: an exemplar of a qualitative longitudinal research project -- Part 2. What we discovered -- The offending trajectories of sample members -- The long-term impacts of probation supervision -- The spatial dynamics of desistance -- The emotional trajectory of desistance -- 'I'm done with it all': is victimization a catalyst for desistance? -- Citizenship values and desistance from crime: exploring change over time -- Part 3. What it means -- Conclusion.
LCCN
2014934924
OCLC
ssj0001403310
Author
Farrall, Stephen.
Title
Criminal careers in transition [electronic resource] : the social context of desistance from crime / Stephen Farrall, Ben Hunter, Gilly Sharpe, and Adam Calverley.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Series
Clarendon studies in criminology
Clarendon studies in criminology.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Hunter, Ben (Lecturer in Criminology)
Sharpe, Gilly.
Calverley, Adam.
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