Table of Contents
Section 1: Foundations
1: Desistance theory and forensic practice
Andrew Day and Mark Halsey
2: Contributions to desistance research from developmental psychopathology
Keith Burt, Virginia Peisch and Elyse Rosenberg
3: Contributions to desistance research and practice from positive psychology
Yilma Woldgabreal and Andrew Day
4: Risk and strength variables in recidivism-desistance prediction research with applied assessment practices
Calvin M Langton, Gabriela D. B. Sheinin and James R Worling
5: Strengths in the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model of Offender Assessment and Rehabilitation
J. Stephen Wormith and Kayla E. Truswell
Section2: Assessment
6: Desistance from conduct problems during childhood: Potential Explanatory factors and assessment
Anna-Karin Andershed and Henrik Andershed
7: Assessment of protective factors in youth justice settings
Chi Meng Chu, Xuexin Xu and DongDong Li
8: Factors related to desistance from sexual recidivism
James R Worling and Calvin M Langton
9: Women's Desistance from crime: The role of individual, relational, socio-structural factors over time
Anne-Marie Slotboom, Elanie Rodermond and Jan Hendriks
10: Factors predicting desistance from intimate partner violence perpetuation in adults
Patti A. Timmons Fritz and Jewels Adair
11: Factors predicting desistance from criminal and aggressive behavior in mentally disordered individuals
Michiel de Vries Robbe
12: Factors predicting desistance from criminal behavior and aggression in adult offenders: A critical review
Kirk Heibrun, David DeMatteo, Rebecca Schiedel, Victoria Pietruszka, Jaymes Fairfax-Columbo, and Shelley Arnold
Section 3: Treatment
13: Evidence-Based delinquency prevention for children exhibiting conduct problems
Dustin A. Pardini and David A Hawes
14: Strengths-Based approaches to address criminal behaviors in adolescents
Alan Carr, Dan Hartnett and Jane Meleady
15: Strength-Based treatments for adults and juveniles who have been sexually abusive: A review
W.L. Marshall and L. E. Marshall
16. Strengths-Based approaches to the treatment of incarcerated women and girls
Gina Fedock and Stephanie s. Covington
17. Strengths-Based batter intervention programs for intimate partner violence
Kristin W. Bolton, Jon C. Hall and Cathleen Jordan
18. Strength-Based approaches with offenders with mental illness
Tonia L. Nicholls, Karen Petersen, Lindsey Kendrick-Koch, Barinder Singh, Hayley Ross, and Christopher Webster
19: The Good Lives Model: Next steps in research and practice
Sophie R. Dickson and Gwenda M. Willis
