While the majority of offenders eventually desist from crime, evidence suggests that
desistance is not directly tied to the extinction of risk factors (Laub, Nagin, & Sampson …

While the majority of offenders eventually desist from crime, the internal psychological
mechanisms hypothesized to drive the process of desistance and offender change have not …

This article introduces two new conceptualizations of desistance based on individuals'
personal assessments of their own movement away from crime. Drawing on qualitative …

When conducting research on crime, scholars are generally inclined to focus on the
aetiology, hence our comprehension of biological and/or environmental factors as …

Many scholars examining desistance from crime have emphasized the importance of social
factors in triggering the desistance process. Most notably, the work of Sampson and Laub …

Theories of desistance from crime have emphasized social processes like involvement in
adult social bonds or prosocial social relationships to the deliberate neglect of individual …

Several studies suggest that desistance from crime is influenced by factors such as age,
gender, race/ethnicity, prior offending, delinquent peer associations, self-control …

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 …

Desistance research emphasizes that offenders identify a future self that aids desistance
efforts. However, it is unclear how future selves operate when offending opportunities arise …

This article presents the results of an investigation into the psychosocial changes involved in
the early stages of desistance, which to date have attracted little empirical or theoretical …