TY - JOUR
T1 - Imprisonment, Social Support, and Desistance: A Theoretical Approach to Pathways of Desistance and Persistence for Imprisoned Men
AU - Cid, José
AU - Martí, Joel
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - © SAGE Publications. Desistance should be the main ground for reentry policies for imprisoned offenders. However, theories on desistance are diverse, and they disagree about the key factors related to the origin, maintenance, and failures of the desistance process. This research considers three main theories of desistance - control, cognitive transformation, and strain-social support - to explain desistance in a sample of imprisoned men in Spain. The main finding of the research is that strain-social support theory may be of primary importance for understanding desistance because of its capacity to explain processes of change that begin during imprisonment and that continue upon release.
AB - © SAGE Publications. Desistance should be the main ground for reentry policies for imprisoned offenders. However, theories on desistance are diverse, and they disagree about the key factors related to the origin, maintenance, and failures of the desistance process. This research considers three main theories of desistance - control, cognitive transformation, and strain-social support - to explain desistance in a sample of imprisoned men in Spain. The main finding of the research is that strain-social support theory may be of primary importance for understanding desistance because of its capacity to explain processes of change that begin during imprisonment and that continue upon release.
KW - cognitive transformation theory
KW - control theory
KW - desistance
KW - imprisonment
KW - strain-social support theory
UR - https://ddd.uab.cat/record/165767
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X15623988
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X15623988
M3 - Article
VL - 61
SP - 1433
EP - 1454
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
SN - 0306-624X
IS - 13
ER -