RT Article
T1 Applying the Criminal Narrative Experience Framework to Young Offenders
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 13
SP 4091
OP 4107
A1 Ioannou, Maria
A2 Synnott, John
A2 Lowe, Emma
A2 Tzani-Pepelasi, Calli
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1665353570
AB The present study applied the Criminal Narrative Experience for the first time with young offenders (N = 23). The analysis was based on young people serving a community sentence and attending a Youth Offending Team. Participants completed questionnaires relating to their roles and emotions during a typical offence and data were examined with Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) to identify if the themes were replicated. Three themes were identified: Calm Professional, Elated Hero, and a combined theme of Distressed Revenger and Depressed Victim. Correlation indicated links between Narrative Experience and static and dynamic risk factors. Findings suggest that the Calm Professional theme correlates with Neighbourhood risk factors, the Elated Hero with Attitudes to Offending, and the Distressed Revenger/Depressed Victim theme with Living Arrangements and Family and Personal Relationships. Potential reasons for identifying three rather than four themes with this sample are discussed. Implications of findings in preventing reoffending are highlighted.
K1 Criminal narratives
K1 Narrative experience
K1 Young offenders
K1 Reoffending
K1 Personal relationships
K1 Rückfall
K1 Jugendliche Straftäter
K1 Studie
DO 10.1177/0306624X18774312