Journal article
Experiences of self‐reflection as identity reconstruction and adaptation to prison life
- Abstract:
- The role of identity construction has been a central theme in empirical analyses of desistance from crime. Despite the novelty of these studies, their findings are predominantly situated in the post-imprisonment context. There has been limited attention on the drivers of identity change for prisoners who are incarcerated. Based on 16 interviews conducted in an open prison for men, this article demonstrates how experiences of self-reflection shape identity reconstruction for prisoners nearing release and serve as important modes of adaptation to prison life. The article ends with a discussion on the key implications of the study's findings.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/hojo.12541
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice More from this journal
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 575-589
- Publication date:
- 2023-08-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2059-1101
- ISSN:
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2059-1098
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1517414
- Local pid:
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pubs:1517414
- Deposit date:
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2023-08-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Zarek Khan
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- © 2023 The Authors. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice published by Howard League and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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