Understanding Desistance from Crime

Understanding Desistance from Crime

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Understanding Desistance from Crime

dc.contributor.author	Sampson, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Laub, John
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-27T16:55:48Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Laub, John H., and Robert J. Sampson. 2001. Understanding desistance from crime. Crime and Justice 28: 1-69	en
dc.identifier.issn	0192-3234	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3226958
dc.description.abstract	The study of desistance from crime is hampered by definitional, measurement, and theoretical incoherence. A unifying framework can distinguish termination of offending from the process of desistance. Termination is the point when criminal activity stops and desistance is the underlying causal process. A small number of factors are sturdy correlates of desistance (e.g., good marriages, stable work, transformation of identity, and aging). The processes of desistance from crime and other forms of problem behavior appear to be similar. Several theoretical frameworks can be employed to explain the process of desistance, including maturation and aging, developmental, life-course, rational choice, and social learning theories. A life-course perspective provides the most compelling framework, and it can be used to identify institutional sources of desistance and the dynamic social processes inherent in stopping crime.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Sociology	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	University of Chicago Press	en
dc.relation.isversionof	http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=34093	en
dc.relation.hasversion	http://www.jstor.org/stable/1147672	en
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Understanding Desistance from Crime	en
dc.relation.journal	Crime and Justice	en
dash.depositing.author	Sampson, Robert