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Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime (2014)
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Farrall, S., Hunter, B., Sharpe, G., & Calverley, A. (2014). Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199682157.001.0001

There has been a growth of interest in why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated back into the community. This book follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probatione... Read More about Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime.

Cultures of desistance: Rehabilitation, reintegration and ethnic minorities (2012)
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Calverley, A. (2012). Cultures of desistance: Rehabilitation, reintegration and ethnic minorities. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203105658

© 2013 Adam Calverley. In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance – that is the cessation and curtailment of offending behaviour – vary... Read More about Cultures of desistance: Rehabilitation, reintegration and ethnic minorities.

Understanding desistance from crime : Theoretical directions in resettlement and rehabilitation (2006)
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Farrall, S., & Calverley, A. (2006). Understanding desistance from crime : Theoretical directions in resettlement and rehabilitation. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Why do people stop offending? What are the processes they undergo in stopping? What can be done to help more people who have offended put their pasts behind them? The growth of interest in why people stop offending and how they are resettled followin... Read More about Understanding desistance from crime : Theoretical directions in resettlement and rehabilitation.