Calling time on crime: Motivation, generativity and agency in Irish probationers

Probation Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-38

  Healy, Deirdre ^a   O'donnell, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

criminal careers; desistance; Ireland; probation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997859179     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550507085676     Document Type: Article

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