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Anthony Bottoms

Criminological Theorists and Social Scientists

Anthony Bottoms is a British criminologist and former director of the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, whose work spans prisons, community penalties and desistance from crime. His research helped establish desistance, the process by which offenders stop offending, as a central topic in modern criminology.

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1. Wikidata: Anthony Bottoms
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Sir Anthony Edward Bottoms FBA (born 29 August 1939) is a British criminologist.
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