New Perspectives on Desistance : Theoretical and Empirical Developments / edited by Emily Luise Hart, Esther F.J.C. van Ginneken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, Emily Luise, Editor.

van Ginneken, Esther F.J.C., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Corrections.

Punishment.

Law and the social sciences.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Critical criminology.

Crime and Society.

Prison and Punishment.

Socio-Legal Studies.

Social Theory.

Critical Criminology.

Local Subjects:

Crime and Society.

Prison and Punishment.

Socio-Legal Studies.

Social Theory.

Critical Criminology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 301 p. 3 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

This book brings together a collection of emergent research that moves the debate on desistance beyond a general consideration of individual and social structural influences. The authors examine empirical developments which have implications for policy surrounding resettlement and re-offending, but also for punishment practices. Presenting thought-provoking theoretical advances and critiques, the editors challenge and enrich traditional understandings of desistance. A wide range of chapters explore how some criminal justice interventions hinder the desistance process, but also how alternative approaches may be more helpful in promoting and supporting desistance. Thorough and diverse, this book will be of great to scholars of criminology and criminal justice, social policy, sociology and psychology, and of special interest to researchers and practitioners working with (ex-)offenders.

Contents:

Section 1. Desistance Pathways for Specific Offender-Groups

Chapter 1. Narratives of Punishment and Frustrated Desistance in the Lives of Repeatedly Criminalised Women; Serena Wright

Chapter 2. 'I Want to Be a Dad to Him, I Don't Just Want to be Someone He Comes and Sees in Prison'; Emily Turner

Chapter 3. The Desistance Process of Offenders Who Misuse Drugs; Charlotte Colman and Freya Vander Laenen

Chapter 4. Desistance after Life Imprisonment; Marieke Liem

Section 2. Promoting Desistance in a Prison-Context

Chapter 5 Spatial Autonomy and Desistance in Penal Settings. Case Study; Jessica Bird

Chapter 6. Altruistic Prison Programmes in America; Barbara J. Cooke

Chapter 7. Supporting Families, Promoting Desistance?; Cara Jardine

Chapter 8. Prison Visits and Desistance: A Human Rights Perspective; Marie A. Hutton

Leaving behind the Deviant Other in Desistance-Persistence Explanations; Catalina Droppelmann

Constrained Agency: The Role of Self-Control in the Process of Desistance; Esther F.J.C. van Ginneken

Prisoners Post Release: The Need for a 'Critical Desistance'; Emily Luise Hart

Afterword: New Perspectives and the Future of Desistance: An Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349951857

1349951854