DesistanceHow people actually stop offending, which is not the same as being deterred.Criminal JusticeDesistance research is longitudinal and largely qualitative.Associated with stoppingAgeing and maturationStable employment and routineA committed personal relationshipA shifting sense of self and identityHope, and someone who believes in itWhat it impliesDesistance is a process, not an eventLapses are normal within that processSupport may matter more than surveillanceCriminal records block the routes outServices can build on strengths as wellEducational reference. Desistance research complements risk-basedpractice rather than replacing it; the two answer different questions.Desistancelearnposters.com
Desistance — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Desistance poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Desistance research is longitudinal and largely qualitative.

Educational reference. Desistance research complements risk-based practice rather than replacing it; the two answer different questions.

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What’s on the Desistance poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Desistance research is longitudinal and largely qualitative. Associated with stopping: Ageing and maturation, Stable employment and routine, A com…; What it implies: Desistance is a process, not an event, Lapses are normal within that…. Educational reference. Desistance research complements risk-based practice rather than replacing it; the two answer different questions.
Who is the Desistance poster for?
Desistance belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning corrections can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Desistance poster?
Use it when designing support rather than surveillance for people under supervision. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Desistance belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Desistance?
Short Custody or Community, Electronic Monitoring and Measuring Reoffending sit alongside Desistance in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Short Custody or CommunityElectronic MonitoringMeasuring Reoffending
Is the Desistance poster free to download and print?
Yes. Desistance downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Desistance poster print at?
Desistance is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Desistance loses nothing.Printing guide

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