The Impact of Imprisonment on the Desistance Process

Maruna, Shadd; Toch, Hans

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511813580.006

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“…Hostility, a psychological variable that can be theoretically linked to reoffending, is affected by incarceration. This is important because desistance from crime is frequently preceded by attitudinal, cognitive, and motivational changes on the part of the offender (e.g., Maruna, 2001;Maruna & Toch, 2005;Shover, 1996;Steffensmeier & Ulmer, 2005;Tibbetts & Gibson, 2002;Walters, 1990Walters, , 2003. In fact, McCord (1994) surmised that attitudinal change was the precondition to an offender's successful attachment to conventional work and family roles-two staples for predicting offending in the criminological literature (Laub & Sampson, 2003;Sampson & Laub, 1993, 1995.…”

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“…The processes that serve to reintegrate offenders back into society generally pertain to conventional involvement in social institutions, such as family, school, work, and various social service and civic organizations. By and large, offenders who successfully attach to these institutions and initiate a stake in conformity are more likely to desist from crime than offenders who do not (Clear, Waring, & Scully, 2005;DeLisi, 2005;Laub & Sampson, 2003;Maruna & Toch, 2005;Petersilia, 2005;Sampson & Laub, 1993).…”

Section: Social Support Hostility and Prisoner Reentrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Support and Feelings of Hostility Among Released Inmates

Hochstetler

DeLisi

Pratt

2008

Crime & Delinquency

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There is broad consensus that the strains of imprisonment and unsupported release affect offenders' mental health and operate to the detriment of their chances of successful reintegration. Drawing on data from 208 male inmates, the authors examine the mediating and moderating influences of social support on the links between inmates' perceptions of prison conditions and other background variables on parolees' feelings of hostility-a factor theoretically linked to reoffending-upon release. The results demonstrate that social support partially or completely mediates background characteristics and conditions the influence of prison perceptions on released inmates' levels of hostility. Keywords social support, hostility, reentry, prisoner, structural equation modelingCriminal offenders who are sentenced to death or veracious life imprisonment or who die while incarcerated are the only offenders who will not be released from prison. This means that approximately 95% of the prisoner population is eligible for release. In 2003, more than 656,000 prisoners were released

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Social Support Hostility and Prisoner Reentrymentioning

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Social Support and Feelings of Hostility Among Released Inmates

Hochstetler

DeLisi

Pratt

2008

Crime & Delinquency

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“…Researchers have hypothesized a strong association between nature of the imprisonment experience, institutional conduct, and post-release outcomes (Maruna & Toch, 2005;Visher & Travis, 2003). In the current analysis, institutional behavior represents the number of misconduct violations, for any offense, sustained between entrance to prison and release.…”

Section: Institutional Contextmentioning

confidence: 96%

Women Coming Home: Long‐Term Patterns of Recidivism

Huebner¹,

DeJong²,

Cobbina³

2009

Justice Quarterly

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“…In addition, social bonds increase social capital, which makes possible the achievement of certain ends that would not have been previously available (Coleman, 1988). Thus, investment in social bonds, particularly bonds that are characterized by commitment and mutual obligations, gives one "something to lose" (Maruna and Toch, 2005), which further limits the chances that an individual will become involved with deviant behavior or sustain a criminal career. Conversely, individuals with fewer ties to society will have more barriers to successful reentry, which makes recidivism more likely.…”

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