@article{ref1,
title="Pathways Through Crime: The Development of Crime and Desistance in the Accounts of Men and Women Offenders",
journal="Howard journal of criminal justice",
year="2008",
author="Byrne, Clare Fiona and Trew, Karen J.",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="238-258",
abstract="Abstract:  Findings are presented of a qualitative exploration of offenders' accounts of themselves, their lives and their offending behaviour. Participants were nine male and nine female offenders, aged 19 to 50 years. A model of crime as described by these individuals was developed. Gendered meanings were explored in both men's and women's accounts. Pathways into crime described by the participants were shaped by a range of personal and social background influences and by processes related to negative social relations, positive evaluations of crime, and crime orientation. Changes in the same influences and processes, with a greater emphasis on the personal level, were apparent in participants' descriptions of their pathways out of crime.<p />",
language="",
issn="0265-5527",
doi="10.1111/j.1468-2311.2008.00520.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2008.00520.x"
}