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Desistance: The Road From Crime  


Author:  Donald G.  Evans.


Source: Volume 21, Number 04, Summer 2012 , pp.4-5(2)




Journal of Community Justice (formerly Journal of Community Corrections)

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Abstract: 

The emerging research work on desistance from crime is helping practitioners understand this phenomenon and is guiding us in our intervention practices. In general, this new research seeks to examine critical questions about the life course of a criminal career and the eventual desistance from crime.

Keywords: Discovering Desistance Project

Affiliations:  1: Journal Editor.

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