Can people ‘desist’ in prison?

Reflections on the implications of desistance theory for long-term imprisonment

Seminar paper given at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
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University of Cambridge

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2019-03-08

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10.17863/CAM.38676

Abstract

Using empirical examples from pilot research on how men experience and think about life sentence, this paper reflects on whether and how insights from desistance theory can be brought to bear on the study of long-term imprisnment.

Keywords

long-term imprisonment, life imprisonment, england & wales, desistance theory

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Slides available from https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291516.

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BibTeX citation:
@unpublished{jarmanCanPeopleDesist2019,
  author = {Jarman, Ben},
  title = {Can People “Desist” in Prison? {Reflections} on the
    Implications of Desistance Theory for Long-Term Imprisonment},
  date = {2019-03-08},
  address = {Cambridge Institute of Criminology},
  url = {https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291516},
  doi = {10.17863/CAM.38676},
  langid = {en-GB},
  abstract = {Using empirical examples from pilot research on how men
    experience and think about life sentence, this paper reflects on
    whether and how insights from desistance theory can be brought to
    bear on the study of long-term imprisnment.}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Jarman, B. (2019, March). Can people “desist” in prison? Reflections on the implications of desistance theory for long-term imprisonment , Seminar, Cambridge Institute of Criminology. doi:10.17863/CAM.38676