Measuring offenders’ belief in the possibility of desistance

This article describes the use of a questionnaire to measure offenders’ belief in the likelihood of their making a successful re-entry into society after having committed crime, a “belief in redeemability” (BIR) as described by Maruna and King. The 37 items for the scale were taken from statements b...

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Authors: O’Sullivan, Kevin (Author) ; Williams, Rochelle (Author) ; Hong, Xiang Yan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 62, Issue: 5, Pages: 1317-1330
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Redeemability
Offender reintegration
Making good
Desistance from crime
Reintegration
Besserung
Täter