RT Article
T1 "I Wouldn’t Change Who I’ve Become": Released Juvenile Lifers on Joy, Shame, and the Journey to an Integrated Self
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 2
SP 367
OP 391
A1 Abrams, Laura S.
A2 Canlione, Kaylyn
A2 Washington, Durrell
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839615486
AB Using phenomenological methodology, the authors explore the core emotions involved in the transition from imprisonment to society for released juvenile lifers and how these emotions inform participants? sense of self. Nine adult men, who had spent an average of 26?years imprisoned for homicide crimes committed as youth, participated in a series of in-depth interviews following their resentencing and release. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we found that reintegration following a life sentence involves powerful emotions of joy and shame, and that these emotions can be reconciled to achieve an integrated sense of self?one that embodies self-acceptance and positive self-regard. The findings add to prior theory and research and offer new understandings of the reintegration process for released juvenile lifers.
K1 Juvenile life sentences
K1 Identity
K1 Phenomenology
K1 Reentry
K1 Shame
DO 10.1177/00111287221104045