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Crime

TECHBeat, Winter 2010

NCJ Number
230001
Date Published
2010
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview

Desistance: It's a Process, Not an Event

April 2022
Desistance is the process of individuals ceasing engagement in criminal activity. It may sound simple but it is quite complex, and the more we understand it, the better equipped we are to help accelerate the process before people are incarcerated or once they leave prison or jail. NIJ Journal Editor Beth Pearsall hosts a conversation on this topic with Senior Social Science Analyst Marie Garcia, Senior Advisor Ben Adams, and Social Science Research Analyst Kaitlyn Sill.

Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism

NCJ Number
304426
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)