title: To be, or not to be, a criminal; a prospective longitudinal analysis of factors related to criminal desistance in a group of young people
abstract: Ceim ar Cheim is a community-based education and training centre, catering for clients of the Probation Service, young offenders and youth at risk. Through a longitudinal methodology, this study aimed to document the early stages of desistance from crime, by qualitatively exploring identity and social control before and after participants’ first year in Ceim ar Cheim. Participants’ disconnection from society was evident. This was exacerbated by bereavement, loss, repeated school breakdowns, inca
journal: University of Limerick Institutional Repository (University of Limerick)