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12th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology <strong>BOOK</strong> <strong>OF</strong> ABSTRACT<br />

ChAOTIC JudICIAL pAThWAyS ANd dESISTANCE<br />

JENNEKE ChRISTIAENS<br />

vRIJE uNIvERSITEIT BRuSSEL, BRuSSELS, BELGIuM<br />

ELS duMORTIER<br />

vRIJE uNIvERSITEIT BRuSSEL, BRuSSELS, BELGIuM<br />

TINNE GELuyCKENS<br />

vRIJE uNIvERSITEIT BRuSSEL, BRuSSELS, BELGIuM<br />

This paper will present results of a follow-up research on recidivism and trajectories of a cohort<br />

juvenile delinquents (minors) placed in an institution. Research conclusions concern: young<br />

delinquents’ trajectories throughout the juvenile justice system as well as the adult justice system;<br />

their pathways or transition into young adulthood and reoffending or desistance in the transition<br />

from the juvenile justice system to the criminal justice system; and the ‘chaotic pathways’ of<br />

the justice systems and of their own lives. However, the main aim of this paper is, based on<br />

these insights, to reflect on how judicial trajectories and their (chaotic) characteristics intervene in<br />

desistance processes (both on structure as agency level) of young adults.<br />

vIOLENT CRIMINAL CAREERS <strong>OF</strong> yOuNG pEOpLE<br />

GEMMA CLEMENT<br />

LANCASTER uNIvERSITy, MAThS ANd STATISTICS, LANCASTER , ENGLANd<br />

This presentation looks at the violent offending behaviours of young people using data from the<br />

England and Wales Offenders Index 1973 birth cohort. Using Latent Trajectory Analysis, distinct<br />

groups of violent behaviour were found and were demonstrated graphically. The likelihood of<br />

violent reoffending within a two year follow up period has also been examined, using trajectory<br />

membership as a predictor . The study also investigates the effect of the covariates of sex and<br />

ethnicity on the membership of the trajectory groups. This study has obvious implications<br />

for the way violent offending by young people is perceived, with the analysis suggesting that<br />

violent offenders be treated in a specific way, and not the same as other offending behaviours.<br />

Finally the problems encountered during the course of the study are discussed, along with any<br />

recommendations for future work that could be carried out.<br />

“ThERE WERE BAd TIMES ANd ThERE WERE ROuGh<br />

TIMES.” pOLICING ON ThE BORdER <strong>OF</strong> CONFLICT<br />

vICKy CONWAy<br />

uNIvERSITy <strong>OF</strong> KENT, CANTERBuRy, uNITEd KINGdOM<br />

This paper considers the impact for policing in states which border conflicts, drawing on the<br />

island of Ireland. Ellison and Smyth, Mulcahy and Brewer have all done research considering the<br />

impact of the Northern Irish ‘Trouble’s on policing in the North, including the lived experiences<br />

of members of the RUC. Little work however has been done examining whether and to what<br />

CRIME ANd SOCIETy<br />

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