Turning points and returning points: Understanding the role of family ties in the process of desistance

By José Cid, J. Martí. 2012

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The objective of this article is to identify the interpersonal factors that explain narratives of desistance among offenders who have been sentenced to prison. Through narrative interviews, we have studied a purposeful age-graded sample of men convicted of acquisitive crimes. Although the results confirm the leading research of Laub and Sampson (2003) about the importance of social bonds as a change catalyst, they also suggest that changes in narratives may depend not only on participation in new social institutions but also on the new meaning that institutions present during the criminal career of offenders, such as family relationships, may acquire in adulthood.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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• The Role of Transformation Narratives in Desistance Among Released Lifers (2014, methodology): “Following Maruna (2001), we recognize that there is no neat dichotomy of desisters and non-desisters.”