Going AFK: interrogating the viability of desistance theorising for narratives of cyber-dependent criminal careers

I just want to live a normal life filled with interesting problems’; Exploring identity reconciliation in desistance from cyber-dependent crime (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, S., Horgan, S., & Collier, B. (2024, July). I just want to live a normal life filled with interesting problems’; Exploring identity reconciliation in desistance from cyber-dependent crime. Presented at British Society of Criminology Conference, Glasgow, UK

Drawing on the in-depth life history narratives of a small sample (n=5) of people previously involved in cyber-dependent crime, this paper explores the way in which the separation of different social- identities (i.e. online and offline selves; pre-... Read More about I just want to live a normal life filled with interesting problems’; Exploring identity reconciliation in desistance from cyber-dependent crime.