1. Desistence and Resiliency
... in delinquency is a relatively new endeavor. Even recently, the concept of desistence in life course study has been viewed as a stable, discrete "end- state rather than a developmental process (Bushway et al., 2001). Many recent studies have instead devoted more focus on recidivism with policy-related motivations and there have simply been few theoretical explanations for desistence (Shover & Thompson, 1992). However, with ... , many life course investigations into delinquency attend to the relationship between age and offending but in doing so confound what are two distinct elements in ...
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