Desisting Offenders

Desisting Offenders is a theoretical construct within criminology that refers to individuals who progressively reduce and ultimately cease their engagement in criminal behavior over time, distinguished from persistent or escalating offenders by their trajectory of declining offending frequency and severity.

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8.2K

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138

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89

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2017–2026

27

Authors

138

  1. SM
    Shadd Maruna

    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 766 citations

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  2. RP
    Raymond Paternoster

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 778 citations

    4

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  3. SF
    Stephen Farrall

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 306 citations

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  4. FM
    Fergus McNeill

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 522 citations

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  5. VV
    Victor van der Geest

    Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Netherlands

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  2. Psychology Crime and Law

    6 publications · 328 citations

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  3. The British Journal of Criminology

    5 publications · 487 citations

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  4. Criminology

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Probation Journal

    4 publications · 378 citations

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