The Unmaking of Crime : Contexts, Pathways, and Representations of the Processes of Desistance on the Parisian Ground (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: beyond ‘us’ and ‘them’??2. Understanding knowledge about desistance: The empirical and practical contribution of a continent of research??3. Methodology: retracing desistance journeys using in-depth interviews??4. Is there a French accent in desistance processes???5.The economics of desistance: experimenting with the limits of its power to deconstruct the cult of money??6. Desistance and religion: a passport to redefine one’s affiliations???7. The intertwining of addictions in desistance processes: the role of an airlock or a bridge??8. Becoming an ordinary citizen again: another anchor for the desistance processes??9. The ambivalent effects of prison??10. Desistance and probation: the paradox of limited institutional effects??11. Desistance and electronic surveillance: leverage with varying degrees of success??12. Contextualising and extending knowledge about desistance