Social Work Contribution to Desistance Among At-Risk Youth

Desistance as a process to forgo delinquent habits is an important target for intervention into youth at risk of delinquency. The intervention through social work services, nevertheless, has not clearly demonstrated its effectiveness. For such a demonstration, the present study examines the contribu...

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Authors: Cheung, Chau Kiu Jacky (Author) ; Li, Jessica Chi-mei (Author) ; Lee, Tak 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: 1216-1240
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Voluntarism
Voluntaristic theory
Desistance
Social work services
Counseling consistency