Stable housing, ‘home’ and desistance: Views from Aotearoa New Zealand

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Stable housing, ‘home’ and desistance: Views from Aotearoa New Zealand

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There has been little theoretical development concerning the role of housing and the more subjective notion of ‘home’ in supporting desistance from crime. Through narrative interviews with 16 men with histories of imprisonment in Aotearoa New Zealand, this article explores key psycho-social benefits of home that support men to desist from crime. The article expands knowledge on the role of place and space in desistance by emphasising that to fully engage with the desistance process, those lea...

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Date created

2023-01-01

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Low, Grace / Lindsay Latimer, Cinnamon / Mills, Alice

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/66783

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48 Law and Legal Studies / 4805 Legal Systems / 4402 Criminology / 44 Human Society / Behavioral and Social Science / Clinical Research / 1602 Criminology / 1801 Law / 4804 Law in context

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