Desistance from crime: Is it different for women and girls?

After Crime and Punishment: Pathways to Offender Reintegration

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 181-198

  McIvor, Gill ^a   Murray, Cathy ^a   Jamieson, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843924203     Document Type: Chapter

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