In life‐course criminology, when gender has been the focus of study, it has predominantly
been treated as a variable. Studies that explore the gendered nature of criminal careers …

Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas,
but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationship between crime and …

This article critiques the focus on responsibilisation of criminalised women within desistance
research, policy and practice, through the neglect of the structural conditions surrounding …

Objective: This review maps the research literature on register-based studies of alcohol's
harms to family members and identifies areas for future research. Method: Using a scoping …

This article presents findings from a longitudinal interview study following the desistance
processes of 10 women. While desistance theory primarily focuses on the processual …

The study of gender and crime has grown exponentially over the past 40 years, but in some
fundamental respects, it remains underdeveloped. Few scholars have considered both the …

This article examines how women's crime has been reflected in crime statistics and media
crime reporting. We employ a long-term historical perspective, looking at developments from …

This book makes a unique contribution to the internationalisation of criminological
knowledge about gender and desistance through a qualitative cross-national exploration of …

Processes of desistance from crime are intricate and, aside from concrete non-offending,
they involve a change in self-perception and an acceptance and recognition of reform by …

The aim of our paper is to gain insight in the desistance process of drug‐using offenders. We
explore the components of change in the desistance process of drug‐using offenders by …