While the majority of offenders eventually desist from crime, the internal psychological
mechanisms hypothesized to drive the process of desistance and offender change have not …

Recent attention has been paid to the role of a positive outlook in early stages of the
desistance process. The aim of this article is to examine prisoners' own expectations …

Prior research focusing on crime acquisition and crime desistance has advanced the
theoretical understanding of the psychology of crime and overcome many of the practical …

Research on offender verbalizations traditionally focuses on the degree to which offenders
accept responsibility (or blame) for their mistakes. This small study expands this cognitive …

Research on offender verbalizations traditionally focuses on the degree to which offenders
accept responsibility (or blame) for their mistakes. This small study expands this cognitive …

Desistance research emphasizes that offenders identify a future self that aids desistance
efforts. However, it is unclear how future selves operate when offending opportunities arise …

Countering deterrence theory, recent scholarship suggests that incarceration may be
criminogenic. This study theorizes that two processes influence recidivism expectations: If …

During the fall of 2005, we interviewed a sample of 103 young men aged 18 to 21
imprisoned at a young offender's prison in England. Drawing on the theory of planned …

Desistance from criminal behavior represents an important dimension of offending, yet few
studies have explored whether factors promoting desistance from crime also promote …

This chapter reviews the state of current knowledge on cognitive transformations in the
desistance process. It considers transformations in the content of cognitions: changing pro …