The emergent field of desistance research originated among scholars who were interested
in the persistence or termination of crime among young men. From a focus on the structured …

The current study employs a prospective mixed-methods design to examine women
parolees' identities early in their supervision and the association of their identity …

Numerous articles and textbooks advise qualitative researchers on accessing “hard-to-
reach” or “hidden” populations. In this article, I compare two studies that I conducted with …

Compared to a vast body of research examining the crime-inhibitory roles of structural forces
such as stable employment, family support and neighborhood environment, relatively fewer …

This article examines how incarcerated mothers constructed moral identities in the face of
stigma. Analyzing data from participant observation and 83 in-depth interviews with …

Purpose While much research has examined the role of parenthood in desistance, it has
largely treated parenthood as a binary condition. This article examines the interaction …

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 …

Existing research in criminology often focuses on changes in offending behaviors over time.
Yet, less is known about the role of gender in women's offending and little consideration is …

In Italia, la sottorappresentazione della popolazione femminile in ambito detentivo (la
percentuale si attesta intorno al 4, 5%) ha portato negli anni a una disattenzione nei …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether receiving counseling services
reduced future offending in a group of seriously delinquent youths through a process of …