Becoming normal: Certification as a stage in exiting from crime |
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| Authors: | Thomas Meisenhelder |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Sociology , California State College , San Bernardino, CA, 92407 |
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| Abstract: | Certification is the final stage in exiting from a career in crime. This paper presents the major elements in the process of certification as revealed by an analysis of a set of life‐history interviews. This look at the process of certification uncovers that, like deviance, conventionality is a social phenomenon constructing from both social action and societal reaction. |
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