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Criminal Careers and Communities in the United States

An Identity Network Perspective

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Criminal Careers and Communities in the United States

An Identity Network Perspective

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Gender, race, and community, and space all provide important filters for a person’s contact with the criminal justice system. Cynthia Baiqing Zhang and Meredith L. Ille analyze current and former inmates through interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys to better understand criminal behavior. This book is vital to understanding the course of a criminal career from the offense to the decision to desist from crime, and reentry into the community, as it reveals mechanisms through which inmates’ identities and social networks interact. This identity network perspective combines identity theory and social network analysis to better understand, predict, and mediate criminal behavior. This book is of interest to those studying criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and psychology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Identity Network Perspective and Social Learning Theory
Chapter 2: General Displacement and Cognitive Breaking with a Criminal Career
Chapter 3: Rural Criminality: A Comparison and Contrast to the City
Chapter 4: Criminal, Family, and Community
Chapter 5: Identity Network Interplay and Spatial Reentry
Conclusion
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: A Method of Identity Network
Appendix C: Reasons for Choosing Pairwise and Listwise Deletion for Missing Data
Appendix D: Other Control Variables in “Spatial Reentry”
Appendix E: Interview Guide for Pilot Study
Appendix F: Survey Questionnaire for Pilot Study
Appendix G: Interview Guide for Wave 2
Appendix H: Survey Questionnaire for Wave 2
References
About the Authors

Product details

Published Jul 15 2023
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 238
ISBN 9781793648884
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 4 b/w illustrations; 10 tables;
Dimensions 237 x 158 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Cynthia Baiqing Zhang

Cynthia Baiqing Zhang is researcher with Evergreen…

Author

Meredith L. Ille

Victor Gaetan is senior international corresponden…

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