1st Edition
Life After Crime A Case Study Analysis of Long-Term Desistance in Former Prison Inmates
1: Leaving the Lifestyle
2: Theories of Crime Desistance
3: Denis “It’s Nice to be Nice”
4: Billy “From Crime to Canines”
5: Roger “Tending to his Own Garden”
6: Juma “Hustling to Make Good”
7: Michael “Performing without a Net(work)”
8: Felipe “Finding Himself”
9: Keith “No Longer a Menace to Society”
10: Background Factors and Desistance
11: Social Factors and Desistance
12: Cognitive Factors and Desistance
13: Developmental Factors and Desistance
14: Theoretical Implications, Practical Applications, and Research Questions
15: Final Thoughts
References
Biography
Glenn D. Walters is Professor of Criminal Justice at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. As a forensic psychologist, he worked for three decades in federal government as a clinical psychologist and drug program coordinator for military and federal prison inmates. He has published widely in criminology, including on addiction. He has developed a Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). He argues that criminality is best understood and prevented by examining how it develops within the context of a person’s life and has critiqued genetic studies via meta-analytic research.
