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Understanding Desistance from Crime.
The growth of interest in why people stop offending and how they are resettled following punishment has been remarkable. Once a marginal topic in criminology, it is now a central topic of research and theorising amongst those studying criminal careers. This book is both an introduction to research o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Maidenhead :
McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd.,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The growth of interest in why people stop offending and how they are resettled following punishment has been remarkable. Once a marginal topic in criminology, it is now a central topic of research and theorising amongst those studying criminal careers. This book is both an introduction to research on desistance, and the report on a follow-up of two hundred probationers sentenced to supervision in the late 1990s. The reader is introduced to some of the wider issues and debates surrounding desistance via a consideration of the criminal careers of a group of ex-offenders. This lively engagement w. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (247 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780335224975 0335224970 1280951400 9781280951404 9786610951406 6610951403 |