Juveniles desist-from-crime: qualitatif research into young adults with a juvenile justice history. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Criminological research on criminal trajectories of minors and young adults traditionally focuses on the question why these youngsters persist in committing criminal acts. This (mainly etiological) research focuses mainly on individual and social elements or risk factors which can predict and explain recidivism and the development of persistence, without investigating what these factors mean according to the delinquent (Burnett en Maruna, 2004). ...