Deirdre Healy

Gebundenes Buch

The Dynamics of Desistance

Charting Pathways Through Change

Beschreibung

This book aims to shed light on the reasons why offenders cease to commit crime. Drawing on a variety of methods, including in-depth interviews with repeat offenders and their probation officers, police records, and psychometric scores, the book explores and describes the shifts that occur in desisters¿ minds and lives as they make the often turbulent transition to a crime-free life.

Autor

Deirdre Healy is an IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, University College Dublin. She is currently conducting the Crime, Desistance and Reintegration Study which will provide a detailed account of pathways to (and from) desistance, and aims to identify the psychological and social processes involved in these transitions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Willan
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781843927839
• ISBN-10: 1843927837
• Artikelnr.: 28222300