European Journal of Criminology Abstract Building and expanding on contemporary research where desistance is increasingly conceived of asa fragile and liminal experience, this paper examines the early dof ambivalence – an undertheorised concept in life course criminology. This paper employs qualitativeinterviews from a total of 10 participants who participated in SIG, a voluntary defector programmein Sweden. Despite having formulated a clear resolve to desist, the participantsnonetheless experienced feelings of ambivalence in relation to the desistance process. In theseinstances, the aspiring desisters were bordering between the prospects of a better, crime-freelife and the pains, losses, struggles and frustrations accompanying the early stages of desistance.It is argued that this liminal position, where the old life is to be discarded and a new, better lifeis yet to be built, may constitute a breeding ground for ambivalence – a state which needs tobe grounded in the precarious social position of marginalised youth which aspiring desisters typicallyoccupy.

What started off as a political project aimed at strengthening democracies has become an economic project in crisis that undermines democracy. That is how economist Matthias Matthijs describes the Eur

Sociology, first published online,doi.org/10.1177/0038038519834871 Abstract In this study, situated in urban Stockholm, communal housing stands out as highly individualized. The residents positively app

The British Journal of Sociology 2019, Volume 70, Issue 2 Abstract Research on privilege and education often focuses on institutions that are elite in a rather traditional way, for example schools that i

Katrin Ausprung, History and Sociology, Konstanz University, Germany People’s housing conditions and places of residence have serious impacts on individual living conditions and social stratification.

British Journal of Political Science 52: 1465–1471 Abstract When authoritarian regimes liberalize, are there observable patterns in the ordering of reforms, and are these patterns distinct for cases that

Sweden has just experienced some unusually warm weeks in June. In Spain, yet another heat wave is causing alarm. In a text published in the Spanish newspaper El País, philosopher Julia Mosquera descri

Stefan Svallfors

I am professor in Sociology at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. My research concerns different forms of expertise and their role in (Edward Elgar 2020).

Current and Recent Projects The Mimir Institute for Long Term Futures Studies Climate Ethics and Future Generations Sustainable Population in the Time of Climate Change Anxieties of Democracy The Boundary

Structures of Complicity: Consumers, Producers, Suppliers with Professor Robert E. Goodin, Australian National University AbstractUnder certain circumstances, businesses and consumers might be morally