Why do People Stop offending? Recent Theories on Desistance and Their Value in Practical Approaches to offenders
Desistance theories, researching the ways how and reasons why people stop offending have developed only recently. The article briefly describe their development in general and then examines four of the more recent influential ones in more detail: Laub and Sampson’s Age-graded theory of social contro...
Main Author: | Mojca Mihelj Plesničar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law
2016-11-01
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Series: | Zbornik Znanstvenih Razprav |
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Online Access: | http://www.pf.uni-lj.si/media/zzr_2015_mihelj.plesnicar.pdf |
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