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    Starting to Stop: Young Offenders' desistance from Crime

    McMahon, Gráinne and Jump, Deborah (2018) Starting to Stop: Young Offenders' desistance from Crime. Youth Justice, 18 (1). pp. 3-17. ISSN 1473-2254

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    Abstract

    This article explores the complexities of the interplay between structural and agentic changes in 21 young offenders’ lives as they start to stop offending. The young people’s ability to desist from crime was dependent upon their engagement with a ‘hook for change’, their development of prosocial relationships and ‘knifing off’ of elements of their offending past, the extent of their identity change, and their confidence about desistance. Desistance was less likely in the absence of a ‘hook’ and where offenders were running a ‘condemnation script’. The study challenges previous research that argues that desistance from crime in adolescence is unlikely.

    Item Type: Article (Article)
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2017 14:58
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Additional Information: This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Youth Justice published by SAGE Publications and copyright The Authors.
    Divisions: Faculties > Arts and Humanities
    Research Centres > Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences
    Subject terms: desistance, hooks for change, youth justice, structure/agency, youth crime, youth offending, 1602 Criminology, 1801 Law
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/619482
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225417741223
    ISSN 1473-2254

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