The code of the street as a hook to build redemption scripts in Cork City

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dc.contributor.authorWindle, James
dc.contributor.authorCambridge, Graham
dc.contributor.authorLynch, Orla
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T09:51:01Z
dc.date.available2026-09-30T09:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2026-08-24
dc.description.abstractWhile Anderson’s code of the street is often used to explore why people engage in violent behaviours, its role in problematic substance use and the recovery process has yet to be explored. This study draws from life history interviews with 40 men who recovered from active addiction and desisted from offending. Participants articulated a localized version of the street code (being a ‘hard-man’), the key component of which was capacity for violence. Participants also emphasized the role of problematic substance use in the development of hard-man reputations, but reported losing physicality and thus the capacity for violence as substance use progressed into active addiction. This loss of physicality was a ‘hook for change’ which motivated them to begin the recovery process, and step away from their long sought-after hard-man identity.en
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dc.identifier.articleidazag077
dc.identifier.authororcidWindle, James§0000-0001-8367-2926
dc.identifier.authororcidCambridge, Graham
dc.identifier.authororcidLynch, Orla
dc.identifier.citationWindle, J, Cambridge, G & Lynch, O 2026, 'The code of the street as a hook to build redemption scripts in Cork City', British Journal of Criminology, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azag077
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/bjc/azag077
dc.identifier.endpage19
dc.identifier.issn0007-0955
dc.identifier.journaltitleBritish Journal of Criminology
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8367-2926/work/228375216
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/19375
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.rights© 2026, the Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited.
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dc.rights.licensenameAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectCode of the street
dc.subjectMasculinity
dc.subjectHook for change
dc.subjectAddiction
dc.subjectRecovery
dc.subjectDesistance
dc.subject[SocietyPoliticsEthics]
dc.titleThe code of the street as a hook to build redemption scripts in Cork Cityen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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