Advances in Research on Romantic Relationships, Crime, & Victimization

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Research over the past few decades has consistently demonstrated an association between romantic relationships, especially "good marriages," and reductions in offending. More recent extensions of this literature have explored the intersection of romantic relationships and victimization, as well as the influences of relationship characteristics (e.g., instability) and life circumstances (e.g., incarceration) on the romantic relationship - desistance link. While this is important progress, research has only begun to hypothesize and assess the mechanisms that might underlie the romantic relationships, crime, and victimization nexus. This thematic panel is comprised of four papers that collectively serve to advance research in this area, including studies focused on i) the implications of youth victimization for relationship instability in mid-life; ii) explicating new mechanisms that guide the romantic partner - desistance link, iii) the intersection of IPV, relationship changes during incarceration; and reentry experiences, and iv) contextualizing the implications of mental health for romantic relationship involvement, quality, and continuity.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Perspectives on Crime / 2. Developmental and Life Course Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• Relationship Dynamics and Desistance from Crime - Peggy Giordano, Bowling Green State University; Jennifer Copp, Florida State University; Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University; Monica Longmore, Bowling Green State University

• Relationship Instability in Midlife: The Long (H)arm of Youth Violent Victimization - Tara Warner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; David Warner, University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Intimate Partner Violence, Relationship Changes During Incarceration, & Concerns for Reentry - Eman Tadros, Syracuse University; Katherine A. Durante, University of Utah; Danielle C. Slakoff, Sacramento State University

• On the Implications of Mental Health for Romantic Relationship Outcomes Among Serious Adolescent Offenders - Matthew Larson, Wayne State University

Chair

• Matthew Larson, Wayne State University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Developmental & Life-Course Criminology