Voicing desistance : female perspective on giving up crime

Criminological theory and research has historically focused on explaining how people get into crime and much less on how and why they stop, despite the perennial finding that most of those with convictions do eventually stop offending. The very meaning of ‘desistance’ however has been much contested...

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Main Author: Barr, Una Mairead
Published: University of Central Lancashire 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.727078