“God is real”: Narratives of religiously motivated desistance

This study examines the role of Islam in shaping processes of criminal desistance among four men, each with extensive histories of crime and violence. The men's life histories are unique, first, in that they came of age in contexts of extreme violence and religious persecution—all men are Musli...

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Authors: DiPietro, Stephanie M. (Author) ; Dickinson, Timothy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 645-670
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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