After decades of relative obscurity, research on desistance from offending has experienced
an exponential, and much warranted, escalation in attention. This precipitous growth is …

In recent years, the growing literature on the topic of desistance from crime and deviant
behavior has generated a large body of knowledge on this dimension of the criminal career …

This article reviews key issues in desistance research, especially those arising from
developmental and life-course theories and the criminal career paradigm. It discusses policy …

Informed by a comprehensive review of theories and research into desistance (Weaver,
2015. Offending and desistance: The importance of social relations. Oxon: Routledge), this …

This article presents the initial theoretical underpinnings for a fresh prospective study of
desistance, focused on 20‐year‐old recidivists. It is argued that significant crime‐free gaps …

From a very small base of empirical studies in the 1940s and 1950s, the literature on how
and why people stop offending has grown rapidly in the last two decades (see Laub and …

This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the concept of
desistance from crime. This ever-growing field has become increasingly relevant as …

The study of desistance from crime is hampered by definitional, measurement, and
theoretical incoherence. A unifying framework can distinguish termination of offending from …

The study of desistance, the process by which individuals stop offending, is a dynamic field
of interest to both academics and policymakers. This chapter reviews the existing theoretical …

Why do people stop offending? What are the processes they undergo in stopping? What can
be done to help more people who have offended put their pasts behind them? The growth of …