She's Puttin' Pressure on Me to Do Somethin

The Impact of Personal Relationships on Intermittency in the Criminal Career

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2153266
AutoresRashaan A Deshay (0000-0003-2360-9858, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA, autor de correspondencia), Lynne M Vieraitis (0000-0003-2248-984X, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA)
Año2020
Volumen41
Número5
Páginas665-682
Fecha de publicación2020-05-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2019.1594265
OpenAlexW2924999446
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas74

Limited attention has been paid to studying intermittency (i.e., gaps in offending) in the criminal career. Data obtained through in-depth interviews with a sample of 16 formerly incarcerated men, were used to explore the impact of personal relationships on intermittency. Life history narratives were analyzed within a social control framework to further our understanding of how personal relationships influence offenders' decisions to take breaks from offending. The research also examined how personal relationships impact decisions to return to offending. The findings suggest that relationships with significant others, children and parents impacted the cessation of and the return to criminal behavior

Criminal behavior · Criminology · Geography · Intermittency · Narrative · Sample (material · Social pressure · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology