"You can't leave your life to chance" : transitioning from offending in emerging adults : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorChong, May-Lee A
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-13T20:41:57Z
dc.date.available2017-09-13T20:41:57Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThere is currently limited very research about how emerging adult’s transition out of crime. This study interviewed nine emerging adults who successfully transitioned out of crime by the age of 25. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and transcribed verbatim. The data was analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants described their experience of transition as a build-up of distress combined with reasons to stop, shifts in perceptions around offending and their identity, a challenging process that they felt fortunate to have accomplished, a noticeable improvement in their lives and ongoing temptation or thoughts about offending. The results suggested three main findings; that the process of desistance is similar in emerging adults and adult populations, that there could be a universal mechanism of change underlying all behaviour, and that control theories may better explain desistance behaviour than dominant models of behaviour change such as the transtheoretical model of change.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/11844
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectCriminal psychologyen_US
dc.subjectJuvenile delinquentsen_US
dc.subjectYoung adultsen_US
dc.subjectCriminalsen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectRehabilitationen_US
dc.subjectRecidivismen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Criminologyen_US
dc.title"You can't leave your life to chance" : transitioning from offending in emerging adults : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorChong, May-Lee A
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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