Facilitating Desistance from Aggression and Crime

Calvin M. Langton, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is also a clinical and forensic psychologist registered in Ontario, Canada, and a chartered psychologist in the United Kingdom.James R. Worling, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist in full-time private practice in Toronto, Canada. He has over 34 years experience working with adolescents who have offended sexually.

• Section 1: Foundations1: Desistance theory and forensic practiceAndrew Day and Mark Halsey2: Contributions to desistance research from developmental psychopathologyKeith Burt, Virginia Peisch and Elyse Rosenberg3: Contributions to desistance research and practice from positive psychologyYilma Woldgabreal and Andrew Day4: Risk and strength variables in recidivism-desistance prediction research with applied assessment practicesCalvin M Langton, Gabriela D. B. Sheinin and James R Worling5: Strengths in the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model of Offender Assessment and RehabilitationJ. Stephen Wormith and Kayla E. TruswellSection2: Assessment6: Desistance from conduct problems during childhood: Potential Explanatory factors and assessmentAnna-Karin Andershed and Henrik Andershed7: Assessment of protective factors in youth justice settingsChi Meng Chu, Xuexin Xu and DongDong Li8: Factors related to desistance from sexual recidivismJames R Worling and Calvin M Langton9: Women's Desistance from crime: The role of individual, relational, socio-structural factors over timeAnne-Marie Slotboom, Elanie Rodermond and Jan Hendriks10: Factors predicting desistance from intimate partner violence perpetuation in adultsPatti A. Timmons Fritz and Jewels Adair11: Factors predicting desistance from criminal and aggressive behavior in mentally disordered individualsMichiel de Vries Robbe12: Factors predicting desistance from criminal behavior and aggression in adult offenders: A critical reviewKirk Heibrun, David DeMatteo, Rebecca Schiedel, Victoria Pietruszka, Jaymes Fairfax-Columbo, and Shelley ArnoldSection 3: Treatment13: Evidence-Based delinquency prevention for children exhibiting conduct problemsDustin A. Pardini and David A Hawes14: Strengths-Based approaches to address criminal behaviors in adolescentsAlan Carr, Dan Hartnett and Jane Meleady15: Strength-Based treatments for adults and juveniles who have been sexually abusive: A reviewW.L. Marshall and L. E. Marshall16. Strengths-Based approaches to the treatment of incarcerated women and girlsGina Fedock and Stephanie s. Covington17. Strengths-Based batter intervention programs for intimate partner violenceKristin W. Bolton, Jon C. Hall and Cathleen Jordan18. Strength-Based approaches with offenders with mental illnessTonia L. Nicholls, Karen Petersen, Lindsey Kendrick-Koch, Barinder Singh, Hayley Ross, and Christopher Webster19: The Good Lives Model: Next steps in research and practiceSophie R. Dickson and Gwenda M. Willis