Early Narratives of Desistance from Crime in Different Prison Regimes

Drug Treatment and Desistance from Crime

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A Life Course Perspective on Spirituality and Desistance from Crime

Spirituality has become a part of many drug and alcohol treatment strategies, and faithbased programming is also common within prison settings. Yet research on religion and crime linkages has often relied on general youth or adult samples, or included a short time line for gauging positive effects. Life course researchers focused on serious delinquents, in turn, have often emphasized other fact...

Offenders' Crime Narratives across Different Types of Crimes

The current study explores the roles offenders see themselves playing during an offence and their relationship to different crime types. One hundred and twenty incarcerated offenders indicated the narrative roles they acted out whilst committing a specific crime they remembered well. The data were subjected to Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) and four themes were identified: Hero, Professional, Re...

sociological analysis of narratives of women from prison after release

prison life experience is different despites individual differences, family, social and criminal prisoners, conditions and characteristics of them. this study was qualitative research findings from in-depth interviews with 20 women after releasing from prison. the prison puts women in a particular subject and very serious consequences for their marks. the vast majority of women are considered t...

Graffiti Offenders' Patterns of Desistance from, and Persistence in, Crime: New Insights into Reducing Recidivist Offending