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Introducing nuanced and rich data around the growing interest in desistance and what leads someone to move away from crime, this book explores the ongoing and individual desistance journeys of ex-offenders during re-integration into society.
Through in-depth interviews and his own lived experiences as a prisoner, the author highlights the importance of Higher Education in the desistance process as a conduit for change and rehabilitation. He explores the complex life process of the ex-offender, investigating the introspective and existential experiences that lead individuals towards an ongoing desistance journey in which they re-evaluate their sense of selves and develop new identities.
Arguing that in the current criminal justice system the focus on crime overshadows the more complex and unending process of desistance, the author showcases how the system provides no formal rite of passage for ex-offenders attempting to re-integrate into society. In response to this, this book synthesises and critically reviews desistance theory as it has emerged within contemporary criminology, and offers an opportunity for readers to engage with the complexities of the lives analysed in this research.
Price: $64.99
Pages: 120
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Series: Emerald Points
Publication Date:
16 March 2021
ISBN: 9781839827877
Format: Hardcover
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David Honeywell’s book provides a uniquely critical and reflective exploration of desistance which is both experientially-grounded and research-informed. Written in a direct, engaging and challenging style, it deserves to be widely read by scholars, students and practitioners — indeed by anyone and everyone concerned both with supporting desistance from crime and with changing how we do justice. This book is full of voices we need to hear and heed, not least the author's.
David Honeywell is a Research Assistant at the University of Manchester. He served a five-year prison sentence in the 1990s before going on to gain a bachelor's degree in Criminology, a master's degree in Social Research Methods and a PhD in Sociology from the University of York, with his thesis focusing on ex-prisoners in Higher Education. He has previously taught Criminology at Leeds Beckett, York, Durham and Hull universities.
Chapter 1. Introducing desistance through the lived experience
Chapter 2. The Ambiguities of Institutions
Chapter 3. The Pains of Desistance
Chapter 4. Shared Narratives and Storytelling
Chapter 5. Negotiating Identities
Chapter 6. Concluding Thoughts