To examine whether, and if so how, male-based theories of desistance also apply to female
offenders, this article reviews 44 studies on female desistance. Where available, gender …

▪ Abstract In this chapter I review recent research on the nature, meaning, and impact of
extrafamilial relationships during adolescence. I use findings of quantitative and qualitative …

This Article develops both a framework for a theory of desistance from crime and an
analytical strategy with which to examine desistance. With respect to the former, an identity …

This accessible new book looks at how and why individuals leave terrorist movements, and
considers the lessons and implications that emerge from this process. Focusing on the …

In Offending and Desistance, Beth Weaver examines the role of a co-offending peer group in
sha** and influencing offending and desistance, focusing on three phases of their criminal …

Andrews and Bonta identified the following criminogenic needs as important to reducing
offending: substance use, antisocial cognition, antisocial associates, family and marital …

In this research the authors examine the reentry of 51 parolees during the 3 years following
their release from prison. The objective is to gain increased understanding of what …

PURPOSE: This study examined the process of leaving the gang. Gang membership was
conceptualized in a life course framework and the motives for why and methods for how one …

* Recipient of the American Society of Criminology's 2006 Michael J. Hindelang Award for a
book, published within the past three calendar years, that is" the most outstanding …

In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation
toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks …