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Female repeat offenders negotiating identity.

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  • 1Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Western Galilee Campus, P.O. Box 2125, Acre 24121, Israel.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
|October 7, 2003
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Israeli female ex-convicts struggled to redefine their identities after losing child custody. Despite blaming past abuse for crimes, they couldn't overcome the maternal identity of an incompetent mother, leading to existential chaos.

Area of Science:

  • Criminology
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Female ex-convicts often face challenges in identity renegotiation, particularly concerning motherhood.
  • Separation from children and loss of custody are significant stressors impacting self-perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the identity negotiation processes of Israeli female ex-convicts separated from their children.
  • To understand how these women reconstruct their biographies and account for their actions.

Main Methods:

  • Content analysis of in-depth interviews with Israeli female ex-convicts.
  • Examination of retrospective accounts of crimes, drug addiction, and maternal failings.

Main Results:

  • Women reconstructed biographies, attributing crimes to past abuse and citing children as a higher loyalty.

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  • Biographical reconstruction and external blame failed when accounting for maternal shortcomings.
  • Inability to renegotiate the identity of an "incompetent mother" due to children's anger and abandonment.

    • Conclusions:

    • Female ex-convicts struggle to overcome the maternal identity of "incompetent mother" despite other identity renegotiations.
    • Permanent alienation from motherhood leads to existential chaos for these women.
    • The study highlights the profound impact of maternal role loss on identity for incarcerated women.