The effect of prosocial and antisocial relationships structure on offenders’ optimism towards desistance

At the end of his career, Carlo Morselli started to be interested in how the structure of social relations could influence offenders’ prospects for reintegration and desistance. This article analyzes the data from his research project on that topic. The impacts of offenders’ relationships have tradi...

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Main Author: Nolet, Anne-Marie (Author)
Contributors: Charette, Yanick ; Mignon, Fanny
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 59-81
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