Psychological Changes Underlying Long-Term Criminal Desistance Among Former Career Criminals
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
May. 21, 2012
ANNOTATION: Psychological changes associated with desistance from criminal activity (for at least 3 years) by individuals with long-term criminal histories are investigated. Chapters following an abstract are: introduction; review of the literature; method; findings; and discussion. “The findings demonstrated that long-term criminal desistance is accompanied by an increase in prosocial impulses. The strength of the prosocial impulse is the product of other psychological phenomena including thoughts about change, self-reflection, psychological growth, feelings of connectedness to prosocial objects, and ongoing motivation to remain crimefree. Prosocial impulses refer to thoughts and feelings that promote the well-being of the self and humankind” (p. iv-v).
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