Panel Discussion: Structural Ladders for Crime Desistance and the Importance of Gender-Informed and Individualized Services Within and Across Gang Interventions

• In Event: Pathways Out: Interventions, Supportive Relations, and Crime Desistance among Gang-Affiliated and At-Risk Young People

Abstract

The last presenter will act as a discussant and synthesize the findings of the panel presentations, discussing structural ladders for crime desistance and the importance of gender-informed and needs-based individualized services within and across gang interventions. By centering applied research on interventions and relational supports, this panel contributes to a growing body of work that bridges theory and practice, offering insights for policy and program development in gang and crime prevention and disengagement efforts.

Author

• Linnéa Österman, Gothenburg University