Adult child-parent bonds and life course criminality

Imprisonment, Social Support, and Desistance: A Theoretical Approach to Pathways of Desistance and Persistence for Imprisoned Men

“…In addition to these two major approaches, this paper examines social support intended as a development of strain theory (Cullen, 1994) 1 -that's why we use the term strain-social support theory-which has been less explicitly used as a framework for understanding desistance but which appears to have emerging relevance in research (Calverley, 2011;Schroeder, Giordano, & Cernkovich, 2010;Visher & O'Connell, 2012). In this section, we review these three theories to explain the origin, maintenance, and contingencies of the desistance process.…”

“…Moreover, strain-social support theory is implicitly involved in the implications of these studies' findings and reentry policies based on helping offenders resolve their social difficulties (Bahr, Harris, Fisher & Harker Armstrong, 2010;Bottoms & Shapland, 2011;Farrall, 2002;Lebel et al, 2008). Recent research has underlined that in addition to lessening strain, family support for some may produce mental and emotional states such as optimism, conventional identity or willingness to change that may be related with desistance (Calverley, 2011;Cid & Martí, 2012;Schroeder et al, 2010;Visher & O'Connell, 2012).…”

New frontiers in criminal careers research, 2000–2011: A state-of-the-art review

“…That the criminal career represents the interplay between the actor and the context is clearly seen in research on desistance (Beaver, Wright, DeLisi, & Vaughn, 2008a, 2008bBrame, Bushway, & Paternoster, 2003;Bushway et al, 2001;Bushway, Thornberry, & Krohn, 2003;Ezell, 2007;Farrington, 2007;Kazemian, 2007;Laub & Sampson, 2001;Maruna & Roy, 2007;Morizot & Le Blanc, 2007;Mulvey, 2011;Nieuwbeerta & Piquero, 2008;Paternoster & Bushway, 2009;Piquero, Brame, Mazerolle, & Haapanen, 2002;Sampson, Laub, & Wimer, 2006;Schroeder, Giordano, & Cernkovich, 2010;Tremblay & Pare, 2003). Generally, desistance is not a discrete event where an offender decides with finality to forever be a non-offender.…”

Women Prisoners and the Drive for Desistance: Capital and Responsibilization as a Barrier to Change

“…The use of capital in relation to an individual's movement out of crime and towards a non-offending lifestyle is not new (Barry, 2007(Barry, , 2012Brown and Ross, 2010;Farrall, 2004). The concept has played a central role in desistance research for example, the importance of a good relationship between adult children and their parents has been highlighted as providing additional social capital thus increasing the potential for better adult life course outcomes, including criminal behaviour (Schroeder, et al, 2010). It is worth noting that some of the women interviewed have manage to put plans in place with the help of their family on the outside (social capital), have money saved up from previous employment (economic capital), higher than average educational attainment (cultural capital) or possibly earned respect from prison officers and staff (symbolic capital).…”