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Desistance
Also Known As Desistance from Crime
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In criminology, desistance is the process by which criminal offending declines and eventually stops for someone who was previously active in crime. A widely cited 2001 synthesis by John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson distinguished desistance, the underlying causal process, from termination, the point at which offending actually ends, and identified good marriages, stable employment, transformation of identity and aging as recurring correlates across studies. Their life course perspective treats stopping crime as a gradual outcome of changing social bonds and turning points in adulthood rather than a single decision.
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1. Laub and Sampson 2001: Understanding Desistance from Crime
John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson, University of Chicago Press (Crime and Justice, vol. 28)AbstractQuote, Abstract
Termination is the point when criminal activity stops and desistance is the underlying causal process.
1. Laub and Sampson 2001: Understanding Desistance from Crime
John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson, University of Chicago Press (Crime and Justice, vol. 28)TitleQuote, Title
Understanding Desistance from Crime
1. Laub and Sampson 2001: Understanding Desistance from Crime
John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson, University of Chicago Press (Crime and Justice, vol. 28)Informed By: Robert J. Sampson, Author bylineView the Source 1. Laub and Sampson 2001: Understanding Desistance from Crime
John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson, University of Chicago Press (Crime and Justice, vol. 28)Informed By: John H. Laub, Author bylineView the Source Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
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