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dc.contributor.authorLussier, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Danielle Arlanda
dc.contributor.authorMcAlinden, Anne-Marie
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-02T05:46:51Z
dc.date.available2018-08-02T05:46:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0306-624X
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0306624X16668174
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/172551
dc.description.abstractFor the past three decades or so, criminal justice policies have been enacted under the assumption that individuals who have been convicted of a sex offense are life course persistent sex offenders. In that context, research has been heavily focused on the assessment of risk and the prediction of sexual recidivism. Simultaneously, little to no attention has been given to the majority of individuals convicted of sex offenses who are not arrested or convicted again.Researchers have witnessed a growing gap between scientific knowledge and the sociolegal response to sexual violence and abuse. The current legal landscape carries important social implications and significant life course impact for a growing number of individuals. More recently, theoretical and research breakthroughs in the study of desistance from crime and delinquency have been made that can help shed some light on desistance from sex offending. Desistance research, in the context of sex offending, however, represents serious theoretical, ethical, legal, and methodological challenges. To that end, this article introduces a special issue exploring current themes in desistance research by examining the life course of individuals convicted of a sexual offense while contextualizing their experiences of desistance.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1171
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1716
dc.relation.ispartofissue15
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume60
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleDesistance from Sexual Offending: A Policy and Research Agenda Whose Time Has Come
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHarris, Danielle A.


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