RT Article
T1 Walking Into the Sunset: How Criminal Achivement Shapes the Desistance Process: Criminal Achievement and the Desistance Process
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 47
IS 11
SP 1529
OP 1546
A1 Vidal, Sabrina
A2 Ouellet, Frédéric
A2 Dubois, Marie-Ève
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1770117326
AB According to the criminal career paradigm, the link between past and future criminal activities is important and the desistance process may vary for individuals whose criminal trajectories were punctuated by failure compared with those who achieved a certain level of success. This study, based on the life narratives of 27 individuals who maintained a state of nonoffending for more than a year, examines how criminal achievement modulates the desistance process. The aim is to understand whether criminal achievement acts as a barrier or a facilitator in the desistance process. A short questionnaire based on the life-history calendar method was used to classify individuals according to the parameters of their criminal careers. Narrative life stories were then used to look at the obstacles and frustrations encountered during desistance. The results show the relation between criminal achievement and desistance is complex: success in criminal activities is not always hindering desistance.
K1 Criminal achievement
K1 Criminal Career
K1 Desistance
K1 life-history calendar
K1 narrative life stories
DO 10.1177/0093854820913316