Desistance and Identity Change among Aboriginal Females

Hundleby, John D.; Gfellner, Barbara M.; Racine, Darrell

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“…While we have conceptually extended the identity theory, our findings also give additional credence to it, particularly as the data indicate that identity is not an intervening process linking turning points such as jobs and relationships to subsequent desistance, but that turning points like these mediate some of the effects of identity change on survival times. Furthermore, they are consistent with other research both quantitative (LeBel et al, 2008; Na et al, 2015; Rocque et al, 2014) and qualitative (Breen, 2014; Hundleby et al, 2007; Maruna, 2001; Opsal, 2012; Sharpe, 2015; Stevens, 2012), which points to the importance of identity and other subjective individual factors in initiating desistance from crime.…”

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“…Although most of this research is qualitative, it sheds critical light on the connections between identity and decisions by former offenders to quit crime. Hundleby, Gfellner, and Racine (2007) conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 Canadian Aboriginal females who had long criminal histories but had managed to successfully quit crime. They found that although access to prosocial roles like well-paying jobs and marriages was difficult given their criminal record (and racial discrimination), they were able to desist in spite of these economic disadvantages.…”

Section: Empirical Findings On Identity and Desistancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Desistance from Crime and Identity

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Bachman

Kerrison

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Theories of desistance from crime have emphasized social processes like involvement in adult social bonds or prosocial social relationships to the deliberate neglect of individual subjective processes such as one's identity. More recent theories, however, have stressed the role of identity and human agency in the desistance process. An important set of questions is whether identity theory adds anything to existing theories, and whether there is empirical evidence to suggest that such subjective processes are important. In this article, we provide an empirical assessment of individual subjective considerations in desistance by looking at the relationship between "good identities," intentional self-change, and desistance using survival time data from a sample of serious drug-troubled adult offenders released from prison whose arrest records are followed for almost a 20-year period. The implications of our findings for all brands of criminal desistance theory are discussed.

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confidence: 91%

Section: Empirical Findings On Identity and Desistancementioning

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Desistance from Crime and Identity

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Bachman

Kerrison

et al. 2016

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…Although love and care are more pertinent to early and middle adulthood, they are considered gender‐stereotypic, as well as supportive resources. As such, they may be relevant to the collectivistic orientation of indigenous cultures (Fryberg & Markus, ; Hundleby, Gfellner, & Racine, ). The lack of association with wisdom reflects psychosocial theory as it is beyond the scope of adolescents.…”

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Ego Development, Ego Strengths, and Ethnic Identity Among First Nation Adolescents

Gfellner

Armstrong

2011

J of Research on Adolesc

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Three conceptualizations of psychosocial development were investigated among Canadian First Nation adolescents. Loevinger's social cognitive model of ego development reflects the way in which an individual views the self and social reality. From Eriksonian theory, ego strengths refer to the emergent values or outcomes that represent resolution of the eight psychosocial stages of development, and ethnic identity is a domain of personal identity with special relevance for minorities. As expected, age and biological gender differences were found for ego development. Associations between ego development and ego strengths were supported as were age differences in ethnic identity status. Traditional students (strongly identified with indigenous culture) demonstrated greater ego strengths than bicultural (identified with both their own and mainstream cultures) adolescents.

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“…Desistance is also culturally specific (Marchetti & Daly, 2017). Indigenous desisters are characterised by overcoming extreme vulnerability, chronic adversity, and a lack of protective factors in early life (Hundleby, Gfellner, & Racine, 2007). Recognising a need to change and involvement in culture are significant, as are integrating aspects of heritage, spiritual belief, cultural practice, and family in achieving desistance (Hundleby et al, 2007).…”

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Women Released From Custody: Investigating Risk Factors and Reoffending

Rooy

Bennett

Sydes

2019

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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This article draws on life-course and desistance theory to explore the relationship between the factors of age, ethnicity, offence type, and incarceration history for a sample of 1,035 women released from custody between January 2013 and January 2014, data gathered from the Australian Queensland Corrective Services administrative dataset. It also explores their impact on recidivism and the time between release and reoffending (known as “time to failure”) until September 2017. The data indicate substantial rates of reoffending with 70% of the sample reoffending (a return to custody/parole/probation) within the 2- to 4-year observation period. Notably, 50% of women reoffended in their first year post-release, 36% within 6 months, and 23% within the first 3 months. Regression results show that violent offenders are considerably more likely to be recidivists and older offenders are less likely to be recidivists; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders were also more likely to reoffend. Incarceration history is significantly associated with reoffending and “time to failure”. It is clear that there needs to be increased intervention and support for female offenders during the first 2 years post-release from custody. This is particularly important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and those with an extensive history of incarceration.

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Desistance and Identity Change among Aboriginal Females

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Desistance from Crime and Identity

Desistance from Crime and Identity

Ego Development, Ego Strengths, and Ethnic Identity Among First Nation Adolescents

Women Released From Custody: Investigating Risk Factors and Reoffending

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