New Perspectives on Desistance: Theoretical and Empirical Developments

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Narratives of Punishment and Frustrated Desistance in the Lives of Repeatedly Criminalised Women....Pages 11-35
‘I Want to Be a Dad to Him, I Don’t Just Want to Be Someone He Comes and Sees in Prison’: Fatherhood’s Potential for Desistance....Pages 37-59
The Desistance Process of Offenders Who Misuse Drugs....Pages 61-84
Desistance After Life Imprisonment....Pages 85-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Spatial Autonomy and Desistance in Penal Settings. Case Study: The Barlinnie Special Unit (1973–1994)....Pages 111-137
Altruistic Prison Programmes in America: A Platform for Transformation....Pages 139-162
Supporting Families, Promoting Desistance? Exploring the Impact of Imprisonment on Family Relationships....Pages 163-186
Prison Visits and Desistance: A Human Rights Perspective....Pages 187-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Leaving Behind the Deviant Other in Desistance-Persistence Explanations....Pages 213-240
Constrained Agency: The Role of Self-Control in the Process of Desistance....Pages 241-265
Prisoners Post Release: The Need for a ‘Critical Desistance’....Pages 267-288
New Perspectives and the Future of Desistance: An Afterword....Pages 289-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-301