Analyzing ROADS Data to Explore Desistance: Health, Trauma, Transformation, and Redemption

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Desistance from crime is a complex and multifaceted process. This panel explores diverse pathways to desistance, with each paper focusing on one of four perspectives: health, victimization, institutional interventions, and faith-based change. Each paper analyzes ROADS data using quantitative methods, qualitative methods, or both. We will discuss implications on policy and theoretical advances regarding desistance.

Sub Unit

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

Individual Presentations

• Testing a Health-Based Model of Desistance with an Intersectional Sample - Andrew Thompson, University of Montana; Rachel Novick, University of New Haven; Mariah Robles, University of New Haven; Ronet Bachman, University of Delaware

• Victimized and Criminalized: The Intertwined Narratives of Trauma and Offending - Caitlin Udas, University at Albany, SUNY

• Prison as a Turning Point: Looking for the Impact of Change on Change - Audrey Hickert, University of Cincinnati

• Breaking Bad Habits with the Good Book: Religion and Desistance from Crime - Oona Newman, University at Albany, SUNY

Chair

• Rachel Novick, University of New Haven

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology (DLC)