书目名称 | Effective Interventions in the Lives of Criminal Offenders |
编辑 | John A. Humphrey,Peter Cordella |
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概述 | 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 eff |
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描述 | .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 crimi |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Corrections Theories; Crime Prevention and Intervention; Explanations of Criminal Behavior; Juvenile De |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8930-6 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4939-5363-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4614-8930-6 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 |