While many researchers have investigated factors that lead people to commit crimes, much less is known about how and why individuals move away from or “desist” from these kinds of behaviors. Bowling Green State University sociology faculty Drs. Peggy Giordano, Monica Longmore and Wendy Manning will explore the processes associated with “getting out” of crime in the three-year study “Mechanisms Underlying Desistance from Crime” with support from a $797,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice.
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
ZOOM NEWS
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Drs. Wendy Manning, Peggy Giordano and Monica Longmore
Results are expected to fill significant gaps in the understanding of specific individual-level and social influences on desistance
Bowling Green State University sociology faculty Drs. Peggy Giordano, Monica Longmore and Wendy Manning will explore the processes associated with “getting out” of crime in the three-year study “Mechanisms Underlying Desistance from Crime” with support from a $797,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice.
