Explorations in theories of desistance

Burnett, R. and S. Maruna (2004) `So "Prison Works" Does it? The Criminal Careers of 130 Men Released from Prison under Home Secretary, Michael Howard', Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 43(4): 390-404.

Cusson, M. and P. Pinsonneault (1986) `The Decision to Give Up Crime', in D.B. Cornish and R.V. Clarke (eds) The Reasoning Criminal , pp. 72-82. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Farrall, S. (2005) `On the Existential Aspects of Desistance from Crime', Symbolic Interaction 28(3): 367-86.

Giordano, P.C. , S.A. Cernkovich and J.L. Rudolph (2002) `Gender, Crime and Desistance: Toward a Theory of Cognitive Transformation', American Journal of Sociology 107: 990-1064.

Godfrey, B. , D. Cox and S. Farrall (2007) Criminal Lives: Family Life, Employment and Offending . Oxford: Oxford University Press .

Maruna, S. (2001) Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives. Washington DC: American Psychological Association Books.

Sampson, R.J. and J.H. Laub (1993) Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Shover, N. (1983) `The Later Stages of Ordinary Property Offender Careers', Social Problems 31(2): 208-18.