Exploring the concept of “desistance” and age graded theory of informal social control by Sampson and Laub

• Main Authors: Mohd Alif Jasni,, Nazirah Hassan,, Fauziah Ibrahim,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22612/1/Akademika_11.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22612/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1593

“Desistance” is a criminological concept that discusses a person’s dismissal from criminal behaviour. The ambiguity of this concept leads to confusion about what words to use: stop, cease, evade or distance from crime. There is even no translation of this concept into the Malay language, which c...