All Outputs (2)

Desistance and Cognitive Transformations (2018)
Book Chapter
Anderson, S., & McNeill, F. (2019). Desistance and Cognitive Transformations. In D. P. Farrington, L. Kazemian, & A. R. Piquero (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology (599-623). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10

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-criminal attitudes, changing meanings of and emotions surrounding crim... Read More about Desistance and Cognitive Transformations.

‘Well-kent Faces’: Policing Persistent Offenders and the Possibilities for Desistance (2018)
Journal Article
Schinkel, M., Atkinson, C., & Anderson, S. (2019). ‘Well-kent Faces’: Policing Persistent Offenders and the Possibilities for Desistance. British Journal of Criminology, 59(3), 634-652. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azy050

This article focuses on the policing of adult persistent offenders and its implications for desistance. It integrates the findings from two qualitative studies undertaken in Scotland on the experiences of those considered ‘persistent offenders’ and t... Read More about ‘Well-kent Faces’: Policing Persistent Offenders and the Possibilities for Desistance.