Books in the International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation series

"Bringing together leading figures, and drawing upon case studies from around the world, this book seeks to fill a vacuum in the contemporary literature on desistance by considering processes and practices at a societal level that influence how and why people desist from crime"--

Grounded in criminological spatial analysis, as well as more general social scientific investigations of the role of space and place in contemporary social, economic and cultural life, this title examines why large numbers of prisoners in the US and the UK appear to be drawn from - and after release return to - certain urban neighbourhoods.

It is well-established that the majority of offenders cease to commit crime in early adulthood but the mechanisms behind the shift from a criminal to a conventional lifestyle are not fully understood. This book aims to contribute to this area of inquiry by providing an account of the psychosocial processes involved in desistance from crime.