The 'chicken and egg' of subjective and social factors in desistance from crime

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-159

  LeBel, Thomas P ^a   Burnett, Ros ^b   Maruna, Shadd ^c   Bushway, Shawn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Desistance; Recidivism; Reintegration; Resettlement; Stigma; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149096474     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370807087640     Document Type: Article

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