Interpersonal Partner Relationships, Bonds to Children, and Informal Social Control among Persistent Male Offenders

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2245229
AutoresAvelardo Valdez (0000-0001-5288-7748, University of Southern California, autor de correspondencia), Kathryn M Nowotny (University of Miami), Kathryn M M Nowotny (0000-0002-6899-1440, University of Miami), Qian-Wei Zhao (University of Southern California), Qianwei Zhao (0000-0001-8065-831X, Southern California University for Professional Studies), A Cepeda (0000-0002-2517-4141, University of Southern California)
Año2019
Volumen66
Número3
Páginas468-483
Fecha de publicación2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/socpro/spy018
PMID31354176
OpenAlexW2895581827
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas52

This qualitative study applied a life course framework to characterize the nature of interpersonal partner relationships of Mexican American young adult men affiliated with street gangs during their adolescence. Data come from a 15-year longitudinal mixed-method cohort study conducted in San Antonio, Texas. We analyzed semi-structured interviews conducted with a subsample (n = 40) during the course of three face-to-face sessions to explore the men's motivations, aspirations, and goals to lead conventional lives, despite their criminal justice involvement. Specifically, we focus on the complex nature of maintaining ties to children, the navigation of complicated family structures, the processes of seeking partners with economic resources, and on partnerships with criminal and delinquent partners. We document the complex interpersonal nature of these relationships as men contend with serial incarceration and their desires and motivations to desist from criminal behavior

Bond · Business · Control (management) · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Economics · Informal social control · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Social control · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Finance · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology