Priority given to investigating the onset and maintenance of criminal behavior in the past is currently giving way to a new focus on the process of criminal desistance. Early narratives of future desistance are the first step in this process and, although they do not assure withdrawal from crime, they are the beginning of the personal change that precedes a progressive desistance from criminal activity. This study analyzes early desistance narratives of offenders still in prison and whether these narratives differed depending on their personal, criminal, and social characteristics. Participants were 44 imprisoned male offenders, aged between 20 and 50 years old at different stages of their sentence and in three different prison regimes. They were interviewed using Cid and Marti’s protocol and their accounts were accordingly coded in three categories: early narratives towards a non-criminal identity, perceived self-efficacy to desist from crime, and will to desist. The results show that participants’ early desistance narratives vary depending on their personal, criminal, and social variables. Results on the periods of sentence completion and prison regimes are discussed in terms of how prisons could contribute to enhancing the narratives of desistance from crime.

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不同监狱制度下犯罪的早期叙事

过去，调查犯罪行为的发生和维持的优先性目前正在转移到对犯罪停止过程的新关注上。对未来停止的早期叙述是此过程的第一步，尽管它们不能保证从犯罪中撤出，但它们是个人改变的开始，在此之前，人们逐渐停止了犯罪活动。这项研究分析了仍在监狱中的罪犯的早期戒断叙事，以及这些叙事是否根据其个人，犯罪和社会特征而有所不同。参加者为44名被监禁的男性罪犯，年龄分别在20至50岁之间，分别在不同的刑期和三种监狱制度下。他们使用Cid和Marti的协议接受了采访，因此，他们的陈述被编码为三类：对非犯罪身份的早期叙述，感知到的自我效能感，远离犯罪的意愿和远离欲望的意愿。结果表明，参与者的早期戒断叙述会因其个人，犯罪和社会变量而异。讨论了刑期完成和监狱制度的结果，讨论了监狱如何有助于加强对犯罪的描述。