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Author: Oselin, Sharon Suzanne
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Anderson, Annika Yvette
Oselin, Sharon Suzanne
Gender, Cognitive Transformation and Desistance from Crime
Presented: New Orleans LA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2016
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Arrests; Crime; Gender Differences

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Despite its widespread use, critics of social control theory point out that it primarily emphasizes institutions and social networks but ignores the role of agency in the desistance process (Giordano, Cernkovich, and Rudolph 2002). Another theoretical limitation centers on the oversampling of predominantly white male offenders, resulting in some ambiguity about the theory's generalizability to contemporary, female or minority offenders. Giordano and colleagues developed cognitive transformation theory in an effort to address these gaps. Building off this work, we use cognitive transformation theory to explore the relationship between gender, desistance and identity transformation for a sample of adolescents transitioning into adulthood in the United States in the 1990s. Using multivariate analyses of data drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, we investigate the impact of socio-demographic characteristics, hooks for change and cognitive transformation on self-reported criminal behavior and arrest. Our study shows support for both structure and agency in the desistance process. We find that enrollment in higher education and job stability significantly reduces the likelihood of arrest for men. Conversely, women who envisioned an increased chance of working in the future had decreased chances of arrest, compared to women whose future expectations remained the same or diminished.
Bibliography Citation
Anderson, Annika Yvette and Sharon Suzanne Oselin. "Gender, Cognitive Transformation and Desistance from Crime." Presented: New Orleans LA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2016.
2. Anderson, Annika Yvette
Weiss, Douglas Brian
Oselin, Sharon Suzanne
When I Grow Up: Exploring the Link Between Future Expectations and Criminal Trajectories
Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 6 (March 2020): 43-66.
Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40865-020-00136-6
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Arrests; Crime; Expectations/Intentions; Racial Differences

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Purpose: There are several noteworthy cognitive and identity-based theories of desistance. Yet, there is little understanding about the role of one’s expectations of future events, which are tied to one's sense of self, as they ultimately inform actions regarding offending. In this study, we test the extent to which optimistic and fatalistic expectations are related to desistance.

Methods: We rely on negative binomial regression analyses and group-based trajectory modeling of data drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to determine the relationship between future event expectations and criminal engagement. We assess continued criminal involvement through self-reported arrests and offending variety.

Results: We find that future expectations regarding negative events (arrest, victimization, and drunkenness) are associated with future self-reported arrest while future positive expectations (parenthood, education, and employment) are unrelated to future offending behavior. Higher expectations of being arrested and getting drunk in the following year were associated with a greater likelihood of being classified as a persister relative to a nonoffender. We also find that Blacks are more likely to be classified as persisters. Yet, future expectations in late adolescence appear to be poor predictors of whether an individual will desist from offending over the long term.

Bibliography Citation
Anderson, Annika Yvette, Douglas Brian Weiss and Sharon Suzanne Oselin. "When I Grow Up: Exploring the Link Between Future Expectations and Criminal Trajectories." Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 6 (March 2020): 43-66.
3. Anderson, Annika Yvette
Weiss, Douglas Brian
Oselin, Sharon Suzanne
When I Grow Up: Future Expectations, Race and Criminal Desistance
Presented: San Francisco CA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2019
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Crime; Ethnic Differences; Expectations/Intentions; Racial Differences; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

There is relatively limited research on desistance as it varies according to race and ethnicity. Most of this literature focuses on adult social bonds that decrease crime (e.g. higher education, employment, and marriage) as they differentially affect racial groups. Some conclude such events have similar effects for both whites and blacks, while others reveal how specific events are more impactful on desistance depending on racial/ethnic group membership. Despite these contributions, with the increasing numerical representation of Hispanics in the United States and racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence and timing of such events, there is much to gain from analyses of the association between race/ethnicity and crime that expands beyond the black-white relationship. In this study, we use group-based trajectory modeling and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) to assess whether the relationship between future expectations, adult social bonds, and desistance varies across race and ethnicity. Our results suggest that there are differences in the predictors for desistance across racial/ethnic groups.
Bibliography Citation
Anderson, Annika Yvette, Douglas Brian Weiss and Sharon Suzanne Oselin. "When I Grow Up: Future Expectations, Race and Criminal Desistance." Presented: San Francisco CA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2019.