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Record 1 2022-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminal Psychology
CONT

Desistance from crime, the long-term abstinence from criminal behaviour among those for whom offending had become a pattern of behaviour, is something of an enigma.

Key term(s)
  • desistence from crime
  • desistence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie criminelle
DEF

Processus, le plus souvent soutenu par l'institution judiciaire, par lequel une personne sort de la délinquance […]

OBS

désistance; sortie de la délinquance : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 31 août 2019.

Key term(s)
  • désistence

Spanish

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