Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders

The «narrative theory» stands that the linguistic and cognitive processes that guide autobiographies have the power to structure memory, generating effects for the future. This work applies narrative analysis to in-depth interviews with 96 people (men and women) who were in different stages of their...

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spelling I26-R133-article-104102021-07-06T19:55:21Z Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders Narrativas y delito. Explorando las diferencias entre desistidores y persistidores Vigna, Ana Explanatory style Criminal careers Narratives Desistance Estilos explicativos Trayectorias delictivas Narrativas Desistimento The «narrative theory» stands that the linguistic and cognitive processes that guide autobiographies have the power to structure memory, generating effects for the future. This work applies narrative analysis to in-depth interviews with 96 people (men and women) who were in different stages of their criminal trajectories. The results show that, while the discourses of those who underwent a religious conversion have characteristics of what Maruna (2001) describes as «redemption scripts», they lack the dimension of internality and stability. On the other hand, the «secular desister» elaborate discourses linked to the «burn-out syndrome» characteristic of the ontogenetic perspective. Finally, the persistent offenders’ self-narratives are similar to the «condemnation scripts», even though they tend to place the causes of their adversities on external factors. La «teoría narrativa» establece que los procesos lingüísticos y cognitivos que guían las autobiografías tienen el poder de estructurar la memoria, generando efectos a futuro. Este trabajo aplica el análisis narrativo a entrevistas en profundidad a 96 personas (hombres y mujeres) que se encontraban en diferentes etapas de sus trayectorias delictivas. Los resultados muestran que, mientras los discursos de quienes atravesaron una conversión religiosa poseen características propias de lo que Maruna (2001) denomina «guiones de redención», los mismos carecen de la dimensión de internalidad y estabilidad señaladas por el autor. Por su parte, quienes denominamos«desistidores laicos» elaboran discursos ligados al «síndrome del quemado», propio de la perspectiva ontogénica. Finalmente, los relatos de quienes persisten, se asemejan a los «guiones de condena», aunque tienden a depositar en factores externos las causas de sus adversidades. Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2021-06-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html text/xml application/zip https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DelitoySociedad/article/view/10410 10.14409/dys.2019.50.e0026 Delito y Sociedad; Núm. 51 (2021): Delito y Sociedad; e0026 Delito y Sociedad; No. 51 (2021): Delito y Sociedad; e0026 2468-9963 0328-0101 10.14409/dys.2021.51 spa https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DelitoySociedad/article/view/10410/13872 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DelitoySociedad/article/view/10410/13873 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DelitoySociedad/article/view/10410/13898 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DelitoySociedad/article/view/10410/13899 Derechos de autor 2021 Delito y Sociedad
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topic Explanatory style
Criminal careers
Narratives
Desistance
Estilos explicativos
Trayectorias delictivas
Narrativas
Desistimento
spellingShingle Explanatory style
Criminal careers
Narratives
Desistance
Estilos explicativos
Trayectorias delictivas
Narrativas
Desistimento
Vigna, Ana
Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
topic_facet Explanatory style
Criminal careers
Narratives
Desistance
Estilos explicativos
Trayectorias delictivas
Narrativas
Desistimento
author Vigna, Ana
author_facet Vigna, Ana
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title Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
title_short Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
title_full Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
title_fullStr Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
title_full_unstemmed Narratives and crime. Exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
title_sort narratives and crime. exploring the differences between desisters and persistent offenders
description The «narrative theory» stands that the linguistic and cognitive processes that guide autobiographies have the power to structure memory, generating effects for the future. This work applies narrative analysis to in-depth interviews with 96 people (men and women) who were in different stages of their criminal trajectories. The results show that, while the discourses of those who underwent a religious conversion have characteristics of what Maruna (2001) describes as «redemption scripts», they lack the dimension of internality and stability. On the other hand, the «secular desister» elaborate discourses linked to the «burn-out syndrome» characteristic of the ontogenetic perspective. Finally, the persistent offenders’ self-narratives are similar to the «condemnation scripts», even though they tend to place the causes of their adversities on external factors.
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