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Provides a theoretical framework for understanding effective interventions in the lives of criminal offenders
Examines recent innovations in effective intervention strategies
Studies the long term effects of marriage in the lives of criminal offenders
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Structural Location
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Human Agency
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Situated Choice
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides the most current thinking on effective interventions in the lives of criminal offenders. Original articles by leading criminologists provide in-depth analyses of “turning points” in the desistance process experienced by criminal offenders. An understanding of the sources of turning points (or interventions) across the life course is vital to assessing their impact on criminal behavior. Three sources of interventions in criminal careers are identified in the literature: structural location, human agency and situated choice. Structural location refers to the social place occupied by an individual in the social structure: including marital and occupational status, education and income, and so on. Human agency means the active will of an individual to change his or her behavior, that is, the decision to stop engaging in criminal activities. In addition, situated choice coordinates the offender’s willingness to end a life of crime with the social structural supports that increase the odds of criminal desistance.
This comprehensive book considers all three sources of turning points—structural location, human agency, and situated choice—across the life course of criminal offenders. The book also provides a section on cross-cultural perspectives on the effectiveness of interventions in the careers of criminal offenders.
The policy implications of each intervention are considered in individual chapters. In addition, the authors suggest a research agenda to further the understanding of the interplay among the key interventions across the life course. This book will be of interest to researchers studying criminology from a life course perspective, as well as crime prevention, and public policy.
Editors and Affiliations
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Criminal Justice Department, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, USA
John A. Humphrey
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Department of Criminal Justice, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, USA
Peter Cordella
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Effective Interventions in the Lives of Criminal Offenders
Editors: John A. Humphrey, Peter Cordella
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8930-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8929-0Published: 24 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5363-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8930-6Published: 24 October 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 149
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Social Policy