Citation

Brown M, Bloom BE. Sociol. Compass 2018; 12(5): e12580.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/soc4.12580

PMID

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Abstract

The emergent field of desistance research originated among scholars who were interested in the persistence or termination of crime among young men. From a focus on the structured effects of age-graded events such as employment and marriage on desistance, the field has now broadened its interest into desistance as an interplay among identity, cognitive factors, and sociogenic factors. Mirroring the growth in theories about women's pathways to offending, the field of desistance has taken on a greater focus on gender as a determinant of crime termination. The discussion of women's desistance presented here provides the basis for a recommendation that higher education may play a pivotal role in enhancing women's successful reintegration into society after prison.

Language: en