Becoming a Desister Exploring the Role of Agency, Coping and Imagination in the Construction of a New Self

By D. Healy. 2014

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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• The pains of desistance (2016, background): “…as substance misuse (McSweeny, 2010), lack of housing (Edgar et al., 2012), difficulties in finding employment (Hlavka et al., 2015) and the individual’s lack of motivation or their inability to achieve status or respect in a legitimate way (Farrall, 2002; Giordano et al., 2002; Healy, 2010, 2014).”