.... One of the core initiatives delivered by the SLF is the The Safer Living Centre ( SLC ), which seeks to address a gap in provision by offering a supportive environment geared towards facilitating reintegration, and desistance, and building protective factors. This study aims to ascertain whether...

...Cody N. Porter; Paul Gavin; Hannah Merdian; Mircea Zloteanu Purpose Employment plays a crucial role in the desistance process, yet individuals with criminal records often face substantial challenges in securing and maintaining jobs. This is particularly problematic for individuals with a sexual...

...Belinda Winder; Monica Carvalheiro; Michael Underwood; Zoe Antoniadis; Gary Taylor; Rosanna Perkins; Paul Young; Clare Wood; David Earle Purpose Desistance, the process by which someone convicted of an offence ceases criminal behaviour, is traditionally viewed through theories focused on life...

... psychology and strengths-based approaches, such as the good lives model and desistance-based approaches, have started to challenge this dominant model, offering alternatives for reducing re-offending. Despite growing interest, the literature on positive psychology and compassion-based approaches in offender...

...Kate Netten; Helen Wakeling Purpose This study aims to summarise the evidence regarding factors that signal raised risk of reoffending among men convicted of sexual offences under probation supervision in the community and, in doing so, identify means of better supporting desistance among...

..., 1963), that is of interest to desistance researchers (Sandbukt, 2023). Society, criminal justice policy and the media have a part to play in the successful reintegration of people with child sex offences into the community (McCartan and Richards, 2021). Legal sanctions help to influence...

... and very high. Findings Three themes were developed from the analysis: anxiety and shame; perceptions of the first home visit; and the property search and observations. This paper discusses these experiences in light of the growing call for MOSOVOs to both manage risk and assist desistance and present...

...April Smith Purpose This study examined the impact of peer mentoring on identity transformation amongst women in prison, exploring how peer mentoring roles develop non-offender identities, contributing to the desistance process. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative, interpretative...

... offending Desistance Identity Despite the sociological idiom that “no man is an island entire of itself” (Donne, 2005), researchers tend to study people convicted of sex crimes as if they were. Scholars often search for individual psychological traits indicative of sexual misdeeds (Baúto et...

... support desistance from this behaviour. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was conducted, using the recommended guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. A total of 8,129 initial articles were identified from the search terms, 77 articles were...

... outward from the act of marking legal and societal transgression, which impacts upon prospects for rehabilitation and desistance through the shaping of assumptions and maintenance of disempowering connotations. Design/methodology/approach This paper considers the impact of the stalking label...

... in an ability to develop a positive and non-criminal identity, is also thought to distinguish those who reoffend and those who desist. It is thought that desistance is associated with the way people view themselves, in particular, their formation of a prosocial identity and sense of self-efficacy (Giordano...

... in youthful offenders may be of value in promoting desistance to crime in early juvenile offenders. Originality/value The importance of these results is that they reinforce prior findings obtained using self-report measures with data collected from official records. The independent variables...

... made significant contributions to the management of offenders who have sexually abused against children. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The present study explored the application of these models to the rehabilitation and desistance behaviour of CSEM users, based...