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Record Nr.

UNINA9910595061803321

Autore

Cambridge Graham

Titolo

The Desistance Journey : Into Recovery and Out of Chaos / / by Graham Cambridge, Orla Lynch, James Windle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031112690

3031112695

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 pages)

Disciplina

362.29

364.3

Soggetti

Criminal behavior

Crime - Sociological aspects

Corrections

Punishment

Criminology

Social policy

Clinical psychology

Rehabilitation

Mentally ill - Rehabilitation

Criminal Behavior

Crime and Society

Prison and Punishment

Crime Control and Security

Social Policy

Rehabilitation Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Desistance and recovery in the academic literature -- Chapter 3: Cork City: understanding the context -- Chapter 4: Methodology -- Chapter 5: Childhood Experiences -- Chapter 6: Lifestyle, offending, addiction -- Chapter 7: Moving out of the Chaos -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines desistance from offending amongst men in County Cork – the largest county in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the bigger picture of desistance, namely how offending and recovery from addiction are inseparable processes. It draws on in-depth interviews with 40 men who had engaged with the criminal justice system, and the chapters which follow trace the participants’ life histories: from the hardships they endured as children through their recollection of their reckless teenage years into active addiction and their often numerous attempts at recovery and eventually, for most, full recovery. It challenges some of the dominant assumptions that exist around desistance, and discusses topics such as toxic masculinity. It offers a practice friendly account of the academic work on desistance and a multidisciplinary holistic account of the process of doing desistance. Graham Cambridge is a project worker with Churchfield Community Trust, Ireland; a probation funded initiative. Graham completed his PhD in Criminology in 2019 at University College Cork. Orla Lynch is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at University College Cork, Ireland. Until 2015 she was Director of Teaching and a Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at CSTPV at the University of St Andrews. James Windle is Lecturer in Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland. He was previously Senior Lecturer of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of East London. .