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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461932203321

Autore

Calverley Adam

Titolo

Cultures of Desistance [[electronic resource] ] : Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Ethnic Minorities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-283-64314-6

0-203-10565-6

1-136-25458-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation

Disciplina

305.800941

364.34

Soggetti

Assimilation (Sociology) - Great Britain

Change (Psychology)

Ethnic groups - Great Britain

Recidivism - Great Britain

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Immigration & Emigration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Ethnicity and crime, ethnicity and desistance-Reviewing the literature; 3 Methodology; 4 Indians and their desistance from crime; 5 Bangladeshis and desistance from crime; 6 Experiences of desistance among Black and dual heritage offenders; 7 Thinking through ethnic differences in experiences of desistance; 8 Conclusion; Appendix A Research outline: ethnicity and desistance from crime; Appendix B Research instrument minority ethnic desistance study; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance - that is the cessation and curtailment of



offending behaviour - vary by ethnicity has received less attention. This is despite known ethnic differences in factors identified as affecting disengagement from offending, such as employment, place of residence, religious affiliation and family structure, providing good reasons for believing differences would exist. This book seeks to address this oversight. Using data obtained from in-depth