Sentence examples for stop offending from inspiring English sources

Why do some people stop offending?

In 2011, Laub and Sampson received the The Stockholm Prize for the their research showing why and how criminals stop offending.

I wasn't surprised when 97% of respondents to a prisoner crime reduction survey carried out in 2010 expressed a desire to stop offending.

The most confident of these is Mr. Peek, president of the Bank of New York, who urges Olivier to "play the democrat" and stop offending Yankee sensibilities by sending Parrot below deck.

He knows locking up fewer non-violent people for shorter terms could be a win-win, saving on the prison budget and diverting money towards programmes that do stop offending.

Mel Martínez, the former Florida senator (the chamber's first Cuban-American) and a former head of the Republican National Committee, told me, "Republicans say, 'Mel, what do we have to do to get the Hispanic vote?' And one thing I would say is, 'First of all, stop offending Hispanics!' " He urged the parties not to regard a diverse range of voters as a single bloc.

An independent evaluation of the project found that 72% of young people stopped offending during their involvement with the project.

Instead of this, we need to focus on firm, practical solutions that address the root causes of crime and stop people offending in the first place.

Nevertheless, it is time we began to think radically about how else we can punish criminals and stop them offending for good.

Far less spent on good community sentences and, better still, on the services to stop people offending in the first place, would waste less.

Mulkearns told the commission he was sorry and regretted not dealing with paedophile priests properly, saying he was trying to protect the church's reputation and stop further offending.