Living With Desistance

Author : David Honeywell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000937367

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Living with Desistance by David Honeywell Pdf

In this new and distinctive contribution to the desistance literature, Dr David Honeywell draws on his own lived experience to consider his route through youth delinquency and prison to a life away from crime through education, and ultimately towards academia. Drawing on perspectives from criminology, sociology and psychology, this autoethnography offers a unique perspective to the desistance process and to social identity. Honeywell considers possible convergences as well as marked differences between the desistance and the convict criminology literatures. While desistance scholars have often emphasised the need for ex-offenders to cast off their criminal identities, Honeywell demonstrates how his own trajectory has involved him embracing this identity to develop an academic career. In doing so, this book emphasises the complexity of the desistance process, and the role of stigma, and also of hope. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, psychology and those interested in the lived experience of desistance.

Author : David Best
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447349303

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Pathways to Recovery and Desistance by David Best Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This is the first book that uses the latest research evidence to build guidance on community-based rehabilitation with the aim of challenging stigma and marginalisation. The case studies discussed, and a strengths-based approach, emphasize the importance of long-term recovery and the role that communities and peers play in the process. Best examines effective methods for community growth, offers sustainable ways of promoting social inclusion and puts forward a new drug strategy and a new reform policy for prisons.

Author : Nick Flynn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351570602

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Criminal Behaviour in Context by Nick Flynn Pdf

This book examines the extent to which criminal desistance – 'the change process involved in the ending of criminal behaviour' – is affected by personal and social circumstances which are place specific. Grounded in criminological spatial analysis, as well as more general social scientific investigations of the role of space and place in contemporary social, economic and cultural life, it examines why large numbers of prisoners in the United States and the United Kingdom appear to be drawn from – and after release return to – certain urban neighbourhoods. In doing so Criminal Behaviour in Context assesses the effect of this unique life course experience on the pathways and choices open to ex-prisoners who attempt to give up crime. Including new data on the geographical distribution of offenders, interviews with serving prisoners, and drawing on theories about social context, identity and subjectivity, it discusses the implications of the evidence and arguments presented for prisoner reintegration policy and practice.

Author : Michael Rocque
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137572349

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Desistance from Crime by Michael Rocque Pdf

This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the concept of desistance from crime. This ever-growing field has become increasingly relevant as questions of serious issues regarding sentencing, probation and the penal system continue to go unanswered. Rocque covers the history of research on desistance from crime and provides a discussion of research and theories on the topic before looking towards the future of the application of desistance to policy. The focus of the volume is to provide an overview of the practical and theoretical developments to better understand desistance. In addition, a multidisciplinary, integrative theoretical perspective is presented, ensuring that it will be of particular interest for students and scholars of criminology and the criminal justice system.

Author : Laura S. Abrams,Diane Terry
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813574486

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Everyday Desistance by Laura S. Abrams,Diane Terry Pdf

In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future.

Author : Jeylan T. Mortimer,Michael J. Shanahan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306482472

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Handbook of the Life Course by Jeylan T. Mortimer,Michael J. Shanahan Pdf

This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of key theoretical perspectives, concepts, and methodological approaches that, while applied to diverse phenomena, are united in their general approach to the study of lives across age phases. In surveying the wide terrain of life course studies with dual emphases on theory and empirical research, this important reference work presents probative concepts and methods and identifies promising avenues for future research.

Author : Dirk van Zyl Smit
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674989115

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Life Imprisonment by Dirk van Zyl Smit Pdf

Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights–based reappraisal of this harsh punishment.

Author : Farrall, Stephen,Calverley, Adam
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335219483

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Understanding Desistance From Crime by Farrall, Stephen,Calverley, Adam Pdf

Why do people stop offending? What are the processes they undergo in stopping? What can be done to help more people who have offended put their pasts behind them? The growth of interest in why people stop offending and how they are resettled following punishment has been remarkable. Once a marginal topic in criminology, it is now a central topic of research and theorising amongst those studying criminal careers. This book is both an introduction to research on desistance, and the report on a follow-up of two hundred probationers sentenced to supervision in the late 1990s. The reader is introduced to some of the wider issues and debates surrounding desistance via a consideration of the criminal careers of a group of ex-offenders. This lively engagement with both data and theoretical matters makes the book a useful tool for both academics and students. The book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics studying criminology, criminal justice, sociology, social work, social policy and psychology, as well as trainee probation officers.

Author : D. Richard Laws,Tony Ward
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781606239360

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Desistance from Sex Offending by D. Richard Laws,Tony Ward Pdf

This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policymakers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are "people like us," with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding lives—if given a chance and appropriate support. They describe an empirically and theoretically grounded rehabilitation approach, the Good Lives Model, which can be integrated with the assessment and intervention approaches that clinicians already use. Drawing on the latest knowledge about factors promoting desistance from crime, the book discusses how encouraging naturally occurring desistance processes, and directly addressing barriers to community reintegration, can make treatment more effective and long lasting.

Author : Candace Kruttschnitt,Catrien Bijleveld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317621423

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Lives of Incarcerated Women by Candace Kruttschnitt,Catrien Bijleveld Pdf

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research from around the world, this book brings together renowned international scholars to explore life-course perspectives on women’s imprisonment. Instead of covering only one aspect of women’s carceral experiences, this book offers a broader perspective that encompasses women’s pathways to prison, their prison experiences and the effects of these experiences on their children’s well-being, as well as their subsequent chances of desisting from crime. Encompassing perspectives from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, the United States, Ukraine and Sri Lanka, this book uncovers the similarities across time and space in women offenders’ life histories and those of their children and examines the differences in women’s experiences and trajectories by shedding light on the moderating effects of particular cultural contexts. Lives of Incarcerated Women will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of punishment, penology, life-course criminology, women and crime and gender studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners.

Author : Marvin D. Krohn,Alan J. Lizotte,Gina Penly Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441902450

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Handbook on Crime and Deviance by Marvin D. Krohn,Alan J. Lizotte,Gina Penly Hall Pdf

Author : David A. Crighton,Graham J. Towl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118757789

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Forensic Psychology by David A. Crighton,Graham J. Towl Pdf

Updated to reflect recent changes in the field, the 2nd Edition of Forensic Psychology presents a comprehensive overview of forensic psychology and its applications in the civil and criminal justice systems of the UK. Builds on the first edition to convey material in an engaging manner to postgraduate students in psychology Includes a significant expansion of pedagogical features, including text boxes highlighting key seminar issues and key debates in the field to further group discussion Provides an up-to-date summary of emerging evidence in the field, and its implications for evidence based practice Points to additional online learning resources at the conclusion of each chapter

Author : Andrea M. Leverentz
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813562292

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The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma by Andrea M. Leverentz Pdf

When a woman leaves prison, she enters a world of competing messages and conflicting advice. Staff from prison, friends, family members, workers at halfway houses and treatment programs all have something to say about who she is, who she should be, and what she should do. The Ex-Prisoner’s Dilemma offers an in-depth, firsthand look at how the former prisoner manages messages about returning to the community. Over the course of a year, Andrea Leverentz conducted repeated interviews with forty-nine women as they adjusted to life outside of prison and worked to construct new ideas of themselves as former prisoners and as mothers, daughters, sisters, romantic partners, friends, students, and workers. Listening to these women, along with their family members, friends, and co-workers, Leverentz pieces together the narratives they have created to explain their past records and guide their future behavior. She traces where these narratives came from and how they were shaped by factors such as gender, race, maternal status, age, and experiences in prison, halfway houses, and twelve-step programs—factors that in turn shaped the women’s expectations for themselves, and others’ expectations of them. The women’s stories form a powerful picture of the complex, complicated human experience behind dry statistics and policy statements regarding prisoner reentry into society for women, how the experience is different for men and the influence society plays. With its unique view of how society’s mixed messages play out in ex-prisoners’ lived realities, The Ex-Prisoner’s Dilemma shows the complexity of these women’s experiences within the broad context of the war on drugs and mass incarceration in America. It offers invaluable lessons for helping such women successfully rejoin society.

Author : Jo Brayford,Francis B Cowe,John Deering
Publisher : Willan
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134029754

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What Else Works? by Jo Brayford,Francis B Cowe,John Deering Pdf

This book taps into the growing awareness amongst practitioners that centralized notions of ‘one size fits all’ approaches to work with offenders in inevitably limited in its effectiveness, and instead seeks to consider more creative alternatives to reduce both re-offending and social exclusion. This book proves interesting reading for students on criminal justice, criminology, and social work courses, as well as professionals working in related fields.

Author : Catherine Appleton
Publisher : OUP UK
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199582716

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Life After Life Imprisonment by Catherine Appleton Pdf

One of the most contentious and sensitive topics in criminal justice, Life after Life Imprisonment looks at the release and resettlement of life-sentenced offenders in England and Wales - where there are very few prisoners in the system for whom 'life' means life. By providing an in-depth analysis of the post-prison experiences of 138 discretionary life-sentenced offenders, all of whom released during the mid-1990s, this book looks at the reality facing Lifers as they are released at some time during their sentences, usually on very long licences, to be closely monitored and supervised by probation officers. Using accessible and comprehensive data, it examines key legal developments within the criminal justice system for discretionary life-sentenced offenders, explores the frontline experiences of the probation officers charged with supervising life-sentenced offenders, and analyses the 'stories' or life narratives of a group of individuals who have committed some of the most serious crimes. It also examines the process of recall for life-sentenced prisoners and explores key factors associated with failure in the community. Of interest to legal scholars and criminologists, as well as practitioners in the field, Catherine Appleton's book offers a major insight into how societies respond to serious crime and identifies important elements of successful reintegration for released life-sentenced offenders.