Early intervention is recommended across domains to maximise likelihood of
desistance from antisocial behaviour and improvement on several psychosocial outcomes.
Heterogeneity in growth and
desistance of alcohol use for men in their 20s: Prediction from early risk factors and association with treatment.
This is the Howard League for Penal Reform annual awards for the country's most successful community projects
encouraging desistance from crime
Understanding persistence and
desistance in crime and risk behaviors in adulthood: Implications for theory and prevention.
But it needn't - a Civitas report, «Offender -
Desistance Policing and the Sword of Damocles», by Cambridge criminologists, Lawrence Sherman and Peter Neyroud, looks at modern criminological theory and experience from around the globe - and how it can help stop a rise in crime at relatively low cost, if Mr Grayling puts it into practice.
However, factors associated
with desistance, such as the severity of aggressive acts, should not be overlooked and are, in fact, critically important to informing intervention services (Loeber and Stouthamer - Loeber 1998).
Such context effects might sustain an
ongoing desistance process or serve as an opportunity for change for those already motivated to desist (Giordano et al. 2011).
Thus, a direct «hook» for change (e.g., employment, marriage) may not be a prerequisite
for desistance from antisocial behavior.
Assessing correlates of onset, escalation, deescalation, and
desistance of delinquent behavior.
The Howard League runs an annual Community Awards competition to recognise successful community projects that
encourage desistance from crime.
Initiation, escalation, and
desistance in juvenile offending and their correlates.
Binge drinking during the first semester of college: Continuation and
desistance from high school patterns
Growth, persistence, and
desistance of alcohol use for at - risk men in their 30s.
This study will shed new light on the persistence and
desistance of use of alcohol and other substances in early midadulthood for men from at - risk backgrounds.
Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Identity: Modeling Life Course Transitions and
Desistance, NIJ - Sponsored, February 2018 PDF