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The effect of penal legitimacy on prisoners' post-release desistance
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McCarthy, Daniel and Brunton-Smith, Ian (2018) The effect of penal legitimacy on prisoners' post-release desistance. Crime and Delinquency, 64 (7). pp. 917-938. doi:10.1177/0011128716687291 ISSN 0011-1287 .
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128716687291
Abstract
Studies of procedural justice and legitimacy have shown that where legal actors employ formal rules in ways that are perceived to be fair and consistent by those policed, greater compliance and cooperation with the law can be achieved. A growing number of studies have assessed how legitimacy and compliance are related using general population samples, but few studies have tested these links amongst offending groups. Drawing on data from a longitudinal survey of prisoners across England and Wales, we find that prisoners who perceive their experience of prison as legitimate are more likely to believe that they will desist from crime. However, despite the existence of desistance beliefs, these do not translate into similar effects of legitimacy on proven reconviction rates a year post-release.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prisoners -- Attitudes -- Great Britain, Due process of law, Recidivism | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Crime and Delinquency | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0011-1287 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 June 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 64 | ||||||||
Number: | 7 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 917-938 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0011128716687291 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 January 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 September 2017 |
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