%0 Journal Article
%T Starting to Stop: Young Offenders¡¯ Desistance from Crime
%A Deborah Jump
%A Gr¨¢inne McMahon
%J Youth Justice
%@ 1747-6283
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1473225417741223
%X This article explores the complexities of the interplay between structural and agentic changes in 21 young offenders¡¯ lives as they start to stop offending. The young people¡¯s ability to desist from crime was dependent upon their engagement with a ¡®hook for change¡¯, their development of prosocial relationships and ¡®knifing off¡¯ of elements of their offending past, the extent of their identity change, and their confidence about desistance. Desistance was less likely in the absence of a ¡®hook¡¯ and where offenders were running a ¡®condemnation script¡¯. The study challenges previous research that argues that desistance from crime in adolescence is unlikely
%K desistance
%K ¡®hooks for change¡¯
%K structure-agency
%K youth crime
%K youth justice
%K youth offending
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1473225417741223