This paper will examine desistance from crime from a biosocial perspective and provide a
guide for new initiatives in evidence-based correctional policy and practice. It will offer …

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 …

Research on crime over the course of an individual's life has increased in the last 30 years
both in scope and specificity. One focus area that has emerged from this work is what …

Academic criminologists have increasingly challenged the criminal justice system to pivot
from a focus on recidivism to a focus on desistance. However, implementation of desistance …

This chapter surveys the field of desistance from crime. Beginning with an historical
overview, we trace criminological work that has studied the relationship between age and …

Abstract Purpose Following Cullen's spirit when setting forth his version of social support
theory, this article shows the value of social support as an organizing concept for life-course …

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 …

Large-scale, longitudinal studies have identified important correlates of desistance, but, due
to the nature of the inquiry, are limited in their ability to describe the mechanisms by which …

This book brings together a collection of emergent research that moves the debate on
desistance beyond a general consideration of individual and social structural influences …