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Cultures of Desistance : Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Ethnic Minorities
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calverley, Adam.
- Series:
- International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assimilation (Sociology)--Great Britain.
- Change (Psychology).
- Ethnic groups--Great Britain.
- Recidivism--Great Britain.
- Assimilation (Sociology).
- Ethnic groups.
- Recidivism.
- Great Britain.
- Local Subjects:
- Assimilation (Sociology)--Great Britain.
- Change (Psychology).
- Ethnic groups--Great Britain.
- Recidivism--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance - that is the cessation and curtailment of offending behaviour - vary by ethnicity has received less attention. This is despite known ethnic differences in factors identified as affecting disengagement from offending, such as employment, place of residence, religious affiliation and family structure, providing good reasons for believing differences would exist. This book seeks to address this oversight. Using data obtained from in-depth
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Ethnicity and crime, ethnicity and desistance-Reviewing the literature; 3 Methodology; 4 Indians and their desistance from crime; 5 Bangladeshis and desistance from crime; 6 Experiences of desistance among Black and dual heritage offenders; 7 Thinking through ethnic differences in experiences of desistance; 8 Conclusion; Appendix A Research outline: ethnicity and desistance from crime; Appendix B Research instrument minority ethnic desistance study; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-25457-9
- 1-283-64314-6
- 0-203-10565-6
- 1-136-25458-7
- 9780203105658
- OCLC:
- 812914889
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