The Love of a Good Man? Romantic Relationships as a Source of Support or Hindrance for Female Ex-Offenders

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Does Marriage Reduce Crime? (2015, background): “Leverentz (2006) observed that deviant couples may provide support for each other if both are oriented toward desistance.”
Prisoners' families and offender management: Mobilizing social capital (2008, background): “However, a study conducted by Leverentz (2006) in the USA found that for many female ex-offenders, relationships with men were at the core of their offending behaviour and many women chose to spend time without intimate relationships with men in order to maximize their chances of successfully…”
Marriage and Desistance from Crime in the Netherlands: Do Gender and Socio-Historical Context Matter? (2009, methodology): “Additionally, using qualitative interviews with 49 female ex-offenders in Chicago, Leverentz (2006) ﬁnds that beneﬁts from intimate relationships (e.g., marriage, cohabitation) develop even when the partner would be described as antisocial (deﬁned as having a history of offending and/or drug use).”
Women Coming Home: Long‐Term Patterns of Recidivism (2010, background): “no prior criminal involvement than a similarly-situated man (Leverentz, 2006).”