A Longitudinal, Mixed-Method Study of the Identity Theory of Desistance

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dc.contributor.advisorPaternoster, Raymonden_US
dc.contributor.authorScott, Thomas Linden_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-27T05:36:57Z
dc.date.available2015-06-27T05:36:57Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractRecently, Paternoster and Bushway (2009) developed the Identity Theory of Desistance to explain how once criminal offenders transform their identities and reform. In an effort to test important components of this theory, the current study analyzed retrospective narratives from 144 substance-involved, male offenders from Delaware. After coding the narratives for mention of concepts from the identity theory and other theories of desistance, the author conducted time-based and age-based group-based trajectory models and multinomial logistic regression analyses to test whether the identity theory could explain criminal desistance. Results suggest that many offenders undergo these processes, and there may be experiences that distinguish those who desist from those who persist in crime and drug use. These include the formation of hoped-for selves, a change in preferences, social networks, and routine activities, motivation to change, and treatment.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2PW5Q
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16730
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDesistanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGroup-based trajectory modelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIdentityen_US
dc.titleA Longitudinal, Mixed-Method Study of the Identity Theory of Desistanceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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