Desistance in Specific contexts

Question 1

How does faith support desistance?

Answer 1

Through identity change, community support, redemption narratives, and hope.

Question 2

How does peer mentoring support desistance?

Answer 2

Through empowerment, self-esteem, social control, and a prosocial identity.

Question 3

Why is desistance different for women?

Answer 3

Motherhood, shame, structural barriers, and the male-focused nature of existing theory.

Question 4

What barriers to desistance do vulnerable individuals face?

Answer 4

Stigma, complex needs, poor access to support, and exclusion from interventions.

Question 4

What has research shown about women in the criminal justice system?

Answer 4

53% report abuse as a child; women often have complex needs and face gendered disadvantages.