Existing theories of desistance can be loosely divided into two perspectives: socio-
situational theories identify how life-course events and the social environment facilitate …

Background The opioid crisis is widely felt in the United States. Scholarly attention to the
crisis focuses on macro-level processes and largely neglects meso-level explanations such …

Objectives: We extend prior research by considering how low self-control and peer
delinquency may work together in a mediating process whereby low self-control increases …

Desde su surgimiento, en el marco de la ilustración penal, el ideal rehabilitador ha estado
sometido a diversas transformaciones, llegando incluso a sostenerse que debía …

In this article we analyse the structure, composition and relational resources of young
offenders' personal networks in order to identify how they are related to desistance. We …

We explore the implications of multiple reference groups for symbolic interaction
explanations of delinquency. Specifically, we test the idea that dissimilarity in reflected …

This book contributes to our knowledge of desistance in a developing country. Offering an
intercultural dialogue with mainstream explanations, Transitions Out of Crime analyses the …

Motherhood after Incarceration: Community Reintegration for Mothers in the Criminal Legal
System explores the relationships of women with their children immediately after periods of …

Extant literature examining the impact of psychosocial maturity on offending finds that
diminished psychosocial maturity is related to increases in offending in adolescence, and …

ABSTRACT The United States government's clearance adjudication process examines past
behavior to determine soldier eligibility for a security clearance. For young recruits with a …