Desistance From Crime

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Reductions in Risk Based on Time Offense-Free in the Community: Once a Sexual Offender, Not Always a Sexual Offender (2017, background): “…propensity to commit crime) that is equal to or less than the rate of spontaneous new offenses among individuals who have never been apprehended for a criminal offense (Bushway et al., 2011; Bushway, Piquero, Broidy, Cauffman, & Mazerolle, 2001; Göbbels, Ward, & Willis, 2012; Kazemian, 2007).”
An integrative theory of desistance from sex offending (2012, background): “It is possible that the individual selected an environment or a situation that supported his or her (new) lifestyle rather than the opportunity simply coming out of the blue (Kazemian, 2007).”
The Effectiveness of Violence Reduction Treatment for Psychopathic Offenders: Empirical Evidence and a Treatment Model (2012, result): “(p. 9) The present finding is consistent with the current thinking on crime desistance, that is, desistance should best be considered as a gradual reduction of offending rather than a one-step change from offending to no offending (for example, Kazemian, 2007).”