Effective Interventions in the Lives of Criminal Offenders

Effective Interventions in the Lives of Criminal Offenders edited by John A. Humphrey, Peter Cordella.

This book provides the most current thinking on effective interventions in the lives of criminal offenders. Original articles by leading criminologists provide in-depth analyses of “turning points” in the desistance process experienced by criminal offenders. An understanding of the sources of turnin...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Humphrey, John A. (Editor), Cordella, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Criminology.
Social policy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Structural Location
  • Marriage as an Intervention across the Life Course
  • Patterns of Unemployment and Desistance from Crime
  • Part 2: Situational Context
  • Criminal Victimization and Criminal Desistance
  • Intervetions in Gang-Related Criminal Activity
  • Interventions among Ex-Convicts
  • Part 3: Human Agency
  • Identity Theory and Criminal Desistance
  • Cognitive Transformation and Changes in Criminal Behavior
  • The Internal Narrative of Desistance
  • Part 4: Cross-Cultural Interventions
  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Criminal Interventions
  • The Effectiveness of Marriage as an Intervention in the Netherlands
  • Work and Criminal Desistance in a Nordic Welfare State
  • Epilogue: Policy Implications and Research Recommendations.  .

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