WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty & Public Policy
“Black Men, Emerging Adulthood, and Criminal Desistance in an Urban Community”
Charles Lea
School of Social Work, UW
Monday May 7th
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Q&A until 2:00 pm
Social Work Building
Room 305A
ABSTRACT: Despite reductions in the U.S. penal population, young adult Black men who are transitioning into adulthood remain at increased risk of recidivating. While research has advanced our knowledge about factors that are positively associated with criminal desistance, less is known about the events, stages, and processes that formerly incarcerated young adult Black men perceive to support their desistance from crime. As such, with Critical Race Theory as the guiding frame, this paper examines formerly incarcerated young adult Black men’s perceptions of the transitions that facilitate their desistance from crime within the urban context.
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