Shadd Maruna – N5 2023

The fundamental finding from three decades of research on desistance from crime is that positive change is not only possible but probable. Although this finding is now so well known as to be common-place, the implications of this for both criminal justice practice and social scientific theory are profound, as first established by David Matza. This talk will interrogate the roles of stigma and labelling in the (in)justice process and how science is impacted by these dynamics.