Sökning: "desistance"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade ordet desistance.

  1. 1. Maintaining Desistance : Barriers and Expectations in Women's Desistance from Crime

    Författare :Robin Gålnander; Ingrid Lander; Anders Nilsson; Fergus McNeill; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women s Desistance; Criminalisation; Longitudinal Research; Qualitaitive Interviews; Life-Course Criminology; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : Maintaining desistance is about struggling. It is about leaving a destructive and unwanted way of life behind in pursuit of something else, something unknown, something 'normal'. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Continuities and Changes in Criminal Careers

    Författare :Christoffer Carlsson; Jerzy Sarnecki; Tove Pettersson; Peggy C. Giordano; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-course criminology; criminal careers; persistence; desistance; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : The best predictor of future criminal behavior is past criminal behavior. At the same time, the vast majority of people who engage in crime are teenagers and stop offending with age. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Violence among mentally disordered offenders : risk and protective factors

    Författare :Ulrika Haggård-Grann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Violence is one of the leading causes of unnatural deaths, and the consequences of violence for victims, victims families, offenders, and society at large involve extensive suffering and monetary costs. Improving strategies to prevent and reduce violence is of great importance, and refining techniques for risk assessments in forensic and correctional settings is assumed to be one way of doing so. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Antisocial behaviour over the life course among females and males treated for substance misuse

    Författare :Yasmina Molero Samuelson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Aims: (1) To compare the prevalence of adverse outcomes in adulthood between a clinic cohort and a matched sample from the general population; (2) To examine the associations between adolescent antisocial behaviour and adverse outcomes in adulthood; (3) To identify subgroups of male and female offenders with distinct features of offending, and to examine the long-term continuity of offending in the subgroups, and; (4) To identify long-term offending trajectories and examine the relationship between these offending trajectories and concurrent problems in other areas. Method: Participants were part of a longitudinal study of adolescents who were treated at a substance misuse clinic during two periods: 1968-1971 (Cohort 1; 1992 participants), and 1980-1984 (Cohort 2; 1576 participants). LÄS MER