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Desistance: Why and how do offenders stop committing crime? (Why do people…
Desistance: Why and how do offenders stop committing crime?
Why do people offend?
substance abuse
lack of education
lack of employment
personal relationships
lack of victim awareness
thinking skills
Why do people stop offending?
thinking skills
substance abuse cessation
more education
employment
development of personal relationships
Victim awareness
Theories of desistance
Development and maturation reform theories: crime tends to decrease as people age.
Age
Life course stage (and related variables such as biological change and social development) with specific criminal behaviours (Maruna 1999)
Social Bonding Theory: lack of social bonds increase recidivism
Social capital
Narrative Theory: scripts
Rehabilitation
Re-intergration important for rehabilitation