Emotions, Future Selves and the Process of Desistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8402004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Hunter (0000-0003-3563-9608, University of Greenwich, corresponding author), Stephen Farrall (0000-0001-9783-4447, University of Sheffield) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-308 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azx017 |
| OpenAlex | W2596796427 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 28 |
Desistance research emphasizes that offenders identify a future self that aids desistance efforts. However, it is unclear how future selves operate when offending opportunities arise. To explore this, we employ qualitative accounts of instances when offenders and ex-offenders abstained from offending, and the emotions this evoked. Offending was avoided to preserve aspects of offenders’ lives or avoid negative consequences but, for some, avoiding offending brought frustration. Finally, those who had made the most progress towards desistance were less likely to identify opportunities for offending. These findings suggest future selves inform the desistance process, highlighting particular ways to be. However, time is needed to build up valued aspects of the life that may be feared lost if engaging in crime. Before the benefits of abstaining are recognized, there may be a tension between the future and current self.
Criminology · Process (computing) · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
Desistance, Disengagement, and Deradicalization
Formerly Detained Adolescents’ Narratives
Work, Identity, and Desistance
Wasted Lives
Employment and Identity Development
Disincarcerating incarcerated emotions”
Keeping busy’ as agency in early desistance
Facilitator-coordinators’ or ‘umbilical cords’
Sport, criminal justice interventions and possible future selves
Musical life stories
In the name of love
Surviving cell-sharing
Who owns desistance? A triad of agency enabling social structures in the desistance process
Rethinking recovery and desistance processes
The kindness of strangers
‘Looking back, I don’t quite recognise myself’
Lost in Translation or a Work in Progress? Developing Desistance-Informed Youth Justice Practice in the Welsh Context
My shot caller was the one who snitched on me”
The Transformative Power of Trust
Becoming an Ex-Extremist
Talking Good
Mobilizing Metaphors in Criminological Analysis
Social Capital, Mutual Aid and Desistance
Who is coming back to prison? Emerging adulthood and the challenges associated with desistance from crime
Désistement assisté
Désistement assisté en contexte formel
Shame Management through Reintegration (Cambridge Criminology)
After Crime and Punishment
A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime
Criminal Careers in Transition
White-Collar Offenders and Desistance from Crime
Crime in the Making
The `Chicken and Egg' of Subjective and Social Factors in Desistance from Crime
'Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight!' Aggression Among Young Males in Bars--A Question of Values
Early desistance narratives
Reflections on social values, offending and desistance among young adult recidivists
Changing fate? Agency and the desistance process
The role of recognition in the desistance process
On the emotions of crime, punishment and social control
Criminal Careers, Desistance and Subjectivity
A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime
Becoming a Desister
The Internal Narrative of Desistance
On the Existential Aspects of Desistance from Crime
Emotions and Crime over the Life Course
Gender, Crime, and Desistance
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |