The LAAF Procedure for Exploring Offenders' Narratives

David Canter; Donna Youngs

doi:10.1111/hojo.12124

The LAAF Procedure for Exploring Offenders' Narratives

David Canter, Donna Youngs

School of Human and Health Sciences

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The Life As A Film (LAAF) procedure is described. This was developed for use with offenders, building on McAdams's (1993) explorations of autobiographical accounts from effective individuals. The advantages of the LAAF procedure for a prison population are discussed, together with the content dictionary used for analysing LAAF responses. The LAAF reveals implicit and explicit aspects of self-concepts and relationships to others, as well as perceived agency and future orientation within a dynamic storyline. Quotations are given to illustrate those psychological processes that underlie criminality, complementing Presser's (2009) work on offender reform and Maruna's (2001) study of narratives of desistance. The values of the LAAF procedure for understanding the maintenance of offending behaviour and the consequent implications for interventions with offenders are discussed. 2015 The Howard League and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-236
Number of pages	18
Journal	Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume	54
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12124
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2015

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