“Go and Look in the Mirror and Make a Change, Mum”: Motherhood and Identity Change in Women’s Desistance in New Zealand

This article is derived from the first New Zealand-based study to examine in detail the potential role of motherhood in women’s desistance. Narrative interviews were carried out with 13 mothers, predominantly Māori,1 with histories of incarceration. For one woman, becoming a mother for the first tim...

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Main Author: Low, Grace (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 5, Pages: 325-348
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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