This chapter reviews the existing qualitative research on desistance from crime, with a
particular focus on how gender shapes the new selves that would-be desisters strive toward …

Abstract Sampson and Laub's (,) life course theory posits that stable employment can
rehabilitate a criminal trajectory, irrespective of criminal history. Others contend that post …

Relationships with parents and friends may work together to increase the risk of adjustment
problems in emerging adulthood. However, it is still undetermined if social relationships act …

Scholarship on gangs and gang members possesses a rich history in criminology. From the
seminal work of Thrasher (1927) and other Chicago School scholars in the early 1900s …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the intricate relationship between social capital, faith
and prison-leaver resettlement, emphasising how penal voluntary sector organisations …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) significantly harms women globally, yet, research on
perpetrator treatment efficacy is inconclusive. Understanding how perpetrators perceive their …

Survival stories as access to society Page 1 Dissertations in Social Sciences and Business
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For too long, criminology has been constrained by secular rationalist thought, neglecting the
profound insights found in spiritual traditions that have guided humanity for millennia. This …

Peers and gender are two of the most salient and robust risk factors of offending. Yet, rarely
have peer processes been invoked to account for gender differences in delinquency. In this …

Researchers frequently aggregate Latino subgroups during statistical analyses despite
findings indicating that cultural distinctions within Latino subgroups have unintended hidden …