Desistance from Crime

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 277-295

  Kazemian, Lila ^a   Maruna, Shadd ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive Distortion; Criminal Justice System; Informal Social Control; Internal Change; Social Bond

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125956693     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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