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JournalISSN: 1748-8958

Criminology & Criminal Justice 

SAGE Publishing
About: Criminology & Criminal Justice is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Criminal justice & Poison control. It has an ISSN identifier of 1748-8958. Over the lifetime, 758 publications have been published receiving 15448 citations. The journal is also known as: Criminology and criminal justice.


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TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that a different but equally relevant form of empirical evidence, derived from desistance studies, suggests a need to re-evaluate these earlier paradigms for probation practice.
Abstract: In an influential article published in the British Journal of Social Work in 1979, Anthony Bottoms and Bill McWilliams proposed the adoption of a ‘non-treatment paradigm’ for probation practice. Their argument rested on a careful and considered analysis not only of empirical evidence about the ineffectiveness of rehabilitative treatment but also of theoretical, moral and philosophical questions about such interventions. By 1994, emerging evidence about the potential effectiveness of some intervention programmes was sufficient to lead Peter Raynor and Maurice Vanstone to suggest significant revisions to the ‘non-treatment paradigm’. In this article, it is argued that a different but equally relevant form of empirical evidence—that derived from desistance studies—suggests a need to re-evaluate these earlier paradigms for probation practice. This reevaluation is also required by the way that such studies enable us to understand and theorize both desistance itself and the role that penal professionals might p...

547 citations

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TL;DR: It is argued that while Silk Road presents a less violent alternative to conventional drug distribution networks, the risks posed by the rapid proliferation of cryptomarkets more generally are largely unknown and require further research.
Abstract: The illicit drugs website, Silk Road, presents an ideal case study for how online communication technologies are transforming crime. This article seeks to locate the offences committed via Silk Roa...

200 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on two qualitative studies exploring the desistance journeys of two different groups of ex-offenders, drawing attention to the pains of this process, and examine the possible consequences of these "pains of desistance" and how they are linked to three spheres of Desistance: act-desistance, identity desistance, and relational desistance.
Abstract: Desistance is generally presented in a positive light, with themes of ‘making good’ and generativity recurring in the literature. This article reports on two qualitative studies exploring the desistance journeys of two different groups of ex-offenders, drawing attention to the pains of this process. It examines the possible consequences of these ‘pains of desistance’ and how they are linked to three spheres of desistance: act-desistance; identity desistance; and relational desistance. The attempt to achieve act-desistance often led to the pain of isolation for our interviewees, while the clash between the need to achieve identity desistance and a lack of relational desistance (especially on the meso- and macro-levels) meant that they suffered the pain of goal failure. The pains of isolation and goal failure combined to lead to the further pain of hopelessness. Those interviewed were indeed ‘going straight’, but taking this path led many to a limited and often diminished life.

192 citations

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TL;DR: Based on findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, the authors challenges the evidence base which policy-makers have drawn on to justify the evolving models of youth transition and crime.
Abstract: Based on findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, this article challenges the evidence-base which policy-makers have drawn on to justify the evolving models of youth justic...

188 citations

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TL;DR: The authors found that children of prisoners are at risk for a range of adverse outcomes throughout their lives and that there is almost no information about how many children prisoners' children were at risk.
Abstract: Recent research suggests that children of prisoners are at risk for a range of adverse outcomes throughout their lives. However, there is almost no information about how many children prisoners hav...

176 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202350
202277
202183
202054
201937
201839