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USING turning points TO UNDERSTAND PROCESSES OFCHANGE IN OFFENDINGN otes from a Swedish Study on life Courses and CrimeChristoffer Carlsson* PROCESSES of within-individual change in offending and desistance from crime can be very complex,often involving multiple, context-specific PROCESSES . But even in a generous reading of much researchon turning points , while this is theoretically stated or inferred, it is less often shown or illustrated inempirical cases. I explore PROCESSES of change in offending with the help of the concept of turningpoints , through life story interviews conducted in the Stockholm Project, trying to make use of thepossibilities inherent in qualitative inquiry. I show how life course PROCESSES and the turning pointsthat emerge within them are often interdependent on each other, emerging in very context-specificcircumstances, and need to be studied and understood and such. Future research areas are : turning points , life course criminology, offending, desistance, life storyinterviewsIntroductionSince the follow-up study of 500 delinquent and 500 non-delinquent boys conducted bySampson and Laub (1993), the concept of turning points has received much attentionin life course criminology.
points’, through life story interviews conducted in the Stockholm Project, trying to make use of the possibilities inherent in qualitative inquiry. I show how life course processes and the turning points
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