Desisting Sisters: Gender, Power and Desistance in the Criminal (In)Justice System

Chapter One: Defining Desistance                                                                                  

Chapter Two: Explaining Desistance                                                                              

Chapter Three: A Case of Growing Up? A feminist critique of maturational theory     

Chapter Four: 'A Good Job and the Love of a Good Woman? A feminist critique of social bonds theory                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Chapter Five: All in the Head? A feminist critique of subjective theory                       

Chapter Six: (In)Justice Systems                                                                                     

Chapter Seven: Making the Invisible Visible                                                                  

Chapter Eight: Conclusion                                                                                               

Bibliography                                                                                                                     

Appendix: Methodology