Agoff Carolina, Bruno Matias, Sandberg Sveinung
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Escuela IDAES-UNSAM, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2025 Nov;69(15):2034-2049. doi: 10.1177/0306624X231198802. Epub 2023 Sep 22.
Life-stories emerge from a wide variety of facts and events in individual lives and weave a selected few of these together to make meaning in the present. They are crucial for constructing identity and influence action by establishing worldviews and a persona that narrators will seek to confirm. In this study we describe three main themes in the life-stories of six incarcerated men in Argentina: a) Protecting family, especially parents; b) reconstructing an ideal past, and contrasting it with a more cynical present; and c) blaming criminal neighborhoods, friends, and girlfriends for their crimes. We discuss how these themes are intertwined, what function they fulfill, and the identities and masculinities they produce. Combining research on life-stories with narrative and psychosocial criminology the analysis reveals how life-stories of incarcerated men can be seen as attempts at countering stigma and defending a self that is under attack. The life-stories portray a believable, 'good', and multifaceted image of the self, but most importantly, create coherence and unity in otherwise chaotic lives.
人生故事源自个人生活中各种各样的事实和事件，并将其中一些经过挑选的内容编织在一起，以便在当下赋予意义。它们对于构建身份认同至关重要，并通过确立世界观和叙述者试图确认的角色形象来影响行为。在本研究中，我们描述了阿根廷六名被监禁男性人生故事中的三个主要主题：a）保护家人，尤其是父母；b）重构理想的过去，并将其与更加愤世嫉俗的当下进行对比；c）将他们的犯罪归咎于犯罪频发的社区、朋友和女友。我们讨论了这些主题是如何相互交织的，它们发挥了什么作用，以及它们所塑造的身份认同和男性气质。通过将人生故事研究与叙事及心理社会犯罪学相结合，分析揭示了被监禁男性的人生故事如何可被视为应对污名化以及捍卫受到攻击的自我的尝试。这些人生故事描绘了一个可信、“良好”且多面的自我形象，但最重要的是，在原本混乱的生活中创造出连贯性和统一性。
