2026-09-23T02:43:55Zhttps://cora.ucc.ie/server/oai/requestoai:cora.ucc.ie:10468/96182023-04-04T06:56:00Zcom_10468_384com_10468_2com_10468_6711com_10468_1com_10468_197col_10468_385col_10468_9619col_10468_140col_10468_696
Embargo not applicable (If you have not submitted an e-thesis or do not want to request an embargo)
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
No Embargo Required
Lynch, Orla
Cambridge, Graham
2020-02-06T11:22:22Z
2020-02-06T11:22:22Z
2019
2019
This research examines the lived experience of 40 men from working class areas of Cork city as they attempt to desist from offending. As part of this study, addiction featured as a significant issue for all of the participants and dominated their desistance journey. This study aimed to understand how issues of masculinity, working class culture, poverty and trauma were relevant for men from the Cork area and their participation in crime. In addition, this research sought to understand the relationship between addiction and offending, and relatedly the relationship between desistance and recovery. This work uses the voices of the participants via life narrative interviews and the findings emerged via a Grounded Theory analysis that links the themes and concepts to the data.
Not peer reviewed
Accepted Version
application/pdf
Cambridge, G. 2019. “Seeking peace of mind” – understanding desistance as a journey into recovery and out of chaos. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.
231
https://hdl.handle.net/10468/9618
en
University College Cork
© 2019, Graham Cambridge.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Recovery
Masculinity
Addiction
Desistance
Cork City
Criminology
Poverty
Trauma
false
“Seeking peace of mind” – understanding desistance as a journey into recovery and out of chaos
Doctoral thesis
Doctoral
PhD
orla.lynch@ucc.ieinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess