Desistance from crime

Adolescent Contact, Lasting Impact? Lessons Learned From Two Longitudinal Studies Spanning 20 Years of Developmental Science Research With Justice-System-Involved Youths

Date Published

January 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Mechanisms Underlying Desistance from Crime: Individual and Social Pathways

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Multidisciplinary Teams, Street Outreach, and Gang Intervention: Mixed Methods Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Denver

Date Published

April 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

School Transitions as a Turning Point for Gang Status

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Glueck Women: Using the Past to Assess and Extend Contemporary Understandings of Women's Desistance From Crime

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Addicted to Hate: Identity Residual Among Former White Supremacists

Date Published

August 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An Evaluation of the Directional Relationship Between Head Injuries and Subsequent Changes in Impulse Control and Delinquency in a Sample of Previously Adjudicated Males

Date Published

June 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY24 Evaluation on Desistance

Closing Date

May 7, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

April 30, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 7, 2024

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous evaluations of desistance-focused interventions to advance understanding of strategies that might aid in the desistance process and identify innovative approaches to measure the desistance process.

A Mixed Method Evaluation of the Role of Religion in Desistance and Reentry

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Effects of Age at Prison Release on Women's Desistance Trajectories: a Mixed-Method Analysis

Date Published

2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Some Cognitive Transformations about the Dynamics of Desistance

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Desistance from Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: The Influence of Parents, Peers, and Shifts in Identity

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Continuing Education: Toward a Life-Course Perspective on Social Learning

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Institute of Justice Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report

Date Published

January 2023

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

NIJ

Desistance from Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

Desistance from Crime: Interventions to Help Promote Desistance and Reduce Recidivism

November 2022

No single criminal justice agency can promote desistance on its own. Partnerships across state, local, and federal agencies — along with the support of family and community stakeholders — are instrumental in supporting desistance from crime and reducing recidivism.

Law enforcement, courts, corrections, and community supervision agencies play a key role in the desistance process and reducing recidivism.

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Organizational [Dis]trust: Comparing Disengagement Among Former Left-Wing and Right-Wing Violent Extremists

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding Desistance from Crime (From Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Volume 28, P 1-69, 2001, Michael Tonry, ed. -- See NCJ-192542)

Date Published

2001

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

From Successful Reentry to Stronger Communities

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Desistance: It's a Process, Not an Event

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Leaving the world of hate: Life-course transitions and self-change

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Desistance: It’s a Process, Not an Event

April 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

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.