Masculinities, Persistence, and Desistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681108 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christoffer Carlsson (0000-0002-9278-7917, Department of Criminology Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 661-693 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1745-9125.12016 |
| OpenAlex | W2160899646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 66 |
In life‐course criminology, when gender has been the focus of study, it has predominantly been treated as a variable. Studies that explore the gendered nature of criminal careers through the lived experiences of offenders are rare, even though these studies can make important contributions to our understanding of crime and the life course. Analyzing qualitative data, this article uses life‐history narratives of a small sample of male juvenile delinquents (N = 25), born in 1969–1974, to explore the possible link among masculinities, persistence, and desistance from crime. The findings of the study suggest that processes of persistence and desistance are imbued with age‐specific norms of what it means to “be a man” and successfully do masculinity in different stages of life. Analyzing these gender‐specific practices gives a deepened understanding of processes that underlie the offenders’ lives as they go through stages of continuity and change in crime. The findings of the study further suggest a complex intersection between gendered biographies and gendered structures, with fruitful contributions to life‐course criminology. The implications of these findings are discussed
Criminology · Developmental psychology · Life course approach · Life history · Masculinity · Narrative · Persistence (discontinuity · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Ecology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology
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God is real”
Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
Job-Related Programs for People on Supervision
Becoming a Desister
You Thought You Were Superman’
How to Be A ‘Good Man’
What the f**k Is Maturity?’
It Was a Safe Place for Me to Be’
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The Problem of Overgeneralization
From the Hood to the Home
Race, Racism, and the Cool Pose
He Must Learn What Being a Man is All About
Vulnerable Prisoner Masculinities in an English Prison
I’ll Choose My Own Way
Inequalities of Race, Class, and Place and Their Impact on Postincarceration Higher Education
Delinquency in a birth cohort
Nine Lives
From Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime
Doing Qualitative Research Differently
Making good
The Life Story Interview
Social structures and desistance from crime
Age Structuring and the Rhythm of the Life Course
Gender, Relationship Status, and Stereotyping about Sexual Risk
Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Government and the Life Course
Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency
Confessions of a Dying Thief
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Cultures of Desistance
Female Masculinity
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The narratives of offenders
Emerging adulthood
Weberian Sociological Theory
Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending
Work as a Turning Point in the Life Course of Criminals
Never-aging Stories
The Sociological Eye
Engendering Gendered Knowledge
Doing Gender
Hegemonic Masculinity
Splitting Up or Getting Married
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Livin' on the Straights
The Mark of a Criminal Record
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| Unique citing works | 63 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 62 |