Authors:
- Winner of the Christine M Alder Book Award 2019, awarded by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
- Examines the three different categories of desistance from sexual offending: Retirement, Regulation and Recovery
- Prompts debate about the practical effects of labelling someone as being 'at risk' once released back into the community
- Encourages a reexamination of the impact of current interventions provided by the criminal justice system
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Part IV
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, QLD, Australia
Danielle Arlanda Harris
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Desistance from Sexual Offending
Book Subtitle: Narratives of Retirement, Regulation and Recovery
Authors: Danielle Arlanda Harris
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63200-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63199-8Published: 22 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87495-1Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63200-1Published: 25 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2517
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 287
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sexual Offending, Crime and Society, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice, Prison and Punishment, Forensic Psychology