Turning points in the relationship between young residents of a disadvantaged neighborhood and local deviant groups A longitudinal case study
Abstract
The article presents a reconstruction of turning points in the relationship of teenagers from a disadvantaged neighborhood (DS) (Snyder, Angus, and Sutherland-Smith, 2002) with local deviant groups, obtained from data from a longitudinal qualitative study (Holland, Thomson, Henderson, 2004) conducted with the participation of several now-adult men who once lived in one of such neighborhoods in Łódź. The study revealed an intersubjective perspective on deviant activities of local peer groups and three variants of turning points in the relationships of teenagers with such groups (“rebounding”; “standing up for yourself”; joining an alternative reference group), along with the characteristics of the context that favored
them. These form the core of the article, enriching the discourse on desistance from crime and inspiring a discussion about strength-based rehabilitation in an open environment.
Keywords
desistence from crime; disadvantaged neighborhood; deviant groups; reputation turning points
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