RT Article
T1 Personal networks and desistance from crime in young offenders
JF European journal of criminology
VO 18
IS 2
SP 235
OP 253
A1 Martí, Joel
A2 Albani, Eugenia
A2 Cid Moliné, José
A2 Ibàñez, Aina
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760547107
AB In this article we analyse the structure, composition and relational resources of young offenders’ personal networks in order to identify how they are related to desistance. We present a mixed-methods analysis of a sample of young offenders, either in juvenile custody or on probation in Catalonia’s juvenile justice system. We first construct a typology of personal networks according to their composition and structure. In each of the profiles we conduct a qualitative analysis in order to identify the role of relational resources in desistance processes and the meaning that desisters give to these resources. Results show the different relevance of strong and weak ties according to the characteristics of the network and explain how these ties may contribute to the process of desistance.
K1 Desistance
K1 Juvenile Delinquency
K1 Juvenile Justice
K1 Personal networks
K1 Social Networks
DO 10.1177/1477370819842207