Desistance and Societies in Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367253691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str.

Dana Segev

Opis

This book explores how societies and cultures shape desistance processes and experiences. It offers findings from a cross-national comparative mixed-method study of desistance processes in England and Israel; two countries with different social-political systems and distinct cultural attributes.

Spis treści

1.Introduction: Exploring experiences and processes of desistance across societies  2.Criminal careers, lessons from comparative studies, and a theoretical approach for comparative cross-national desistance research  3.Cultures, justice, and comparative research in England and Israel  4.Negotiating social (re)integration in criminal justice settings  5.Identity, agency, and the role of social-structural factors  6.Stigma, employment, and leaving crime behind  7.(Un)Interrupted families, romantic relationships and peers  8.Cross-national comparison of time-space budget in England and Israel  9.Concluding thoughts about similarities and differences across societies: A contextual framework for understanding desistance processes and an overview of findings

O autorze

Dana Segev completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield; MSc at the University of Oxford; and BA at Monash University. She is an independent researcher and her work explores desistance processes across countries and cultures, with the objective of uncovering the impact of contextual factors on individual-level experience. She also co-authored the edited book Positive Criminology.