Journal article
Cognitive Transformation, Social Ecological Settings, and the Reentry Outcomes of Women Offenders
Crime and delinquency, Vol.63(12), pp.1522-1546
11/01/2017
DOI: 10.1177/0011128716660521
Abstract
Of theoretical interest to research on reentry and desistance is the intersection of cognitive transformation and the ecological contexts to which offenders return. The majority of offenders released from prisons in the United States return to impoverished neighborhood settings. However, there is a limited understanding of how offenders with different cognitive commitments to change interpret and negotiate the prosocial and illicit features situated in their environments. Drawing on different lines of theoretical research, we examine how cognitive commitments are affected by the lures and prosocial features of impoverished neighborhoods and how the intersection of these conditions affects success and failure in the post-release period. We use original survey and in-depth qualitative interviews with 37 incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women from St. Louis, Missouri. Findings suggest that an integrated examination of cognitive mechanisms and residential environments clarifies how offenders who return to similarly structurally disadvantaged places exhibit different reentry outcomes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cognitive Transformation, Social Ecological Settings, and the Reentry Outcomes of Women Offenders
- Creators
- Mark T. Berg - University of IowaJennifer E. Cobbina - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Crime and delinquency, Vol.63(12), pp.1522-1546
- DOI
- 10.1177/0011128716660521
- ISSN
- 0011-1287
- eISSN
- 1552-387X
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282467202771
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