These women were arrested an average of 16 times in their lives, and their criminal records prevented them from obtaining legitimate employment, which resulted in nearly half of the sample engaging in "survival prostitution." Consistent with the Identity Theory of Desistance, narratives from those who successfully exited prostitution revealed the cognitive transformations that began when they envisioned their "feared self" (e.g. dying on the street). This research illuminates the complexities inherent in the desistance process for a contemporary sample of drug-involved adult women entrenched within the criminal justice system. (publisher abstract modified)
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