White-Collar Offenders and Desistance From Crime - Future Selves and the Constancy of Change

This book considers how white-collar offenders come to desist from crime, how they make sense of their experiences and how these offenders differ from other offenders, drawing on autobiographical accounts and perspectives from existential criminology.

List of contents

Introduction: White-Collar Offenders and Desistance from Crime 1. The Challenge of White-Collar Offenders’ Desistance 2. Searching for the Self 3. Autobiography and the Search For ‘Truth’ 4. Imprisonment and the Assault On The Self 5. Who Am I? Self and Identity in The Post Punishment World 6. The Journey to Self: Success, Failure and Change 7. Becoming who one was: Professional-Ex Roles 8. Becoming Who One Is: Religious Conversion Narratives and Desistance 9. An Existentially Informed Understanding of Desistance.

About the author

Ben Hunter is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University of Greenwich, UK. His research interests focus on desistance from crime, white-collar crime and the contributions of existential philosophy to understandings of offenders’ lives.

Summary

This book considers how white-collar offenders come to desist from crime, how they make sense of their experiences and how these offenders differ from other offenders, drawing on autobiographical accounts and perspectives from existential criminology.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Hunter, Hunter Ben
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138288553
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28855-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Corporate crime, Corporate crime / white-collar crime, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Causes and prevention of crime