Social capital, mutual aid, and desistance: a theoretically integrated social capital building process model

ALBERTSON, Katherine and ALBERTSON, Kevin (2022). Social capital, mutual aid, and desistance: a theoretically integrated social capital building process model. The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society: azac093.

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Abstract

Positive social capital-building outcomes were identified in a longitudinal evaluation of a veteran-specific initiative supporting desistance from crime and substance misuse. A secondary analysis of the qualitative data generated is presented here. We identify three transformational subjective re-alignments across the veteran cohort who sustained their engagement in the mutual aid initiative. These re-alignments are linked to the mobilization of bonding, bridging and linking sources of social capital. We directly align mutual aid practice dynamics with the micro-, meso- and macro-level distinctions highlighted in relational desistance explanatory frameworks. Our analysis provides new insights into the relationship between social capital building and desistance. We present a theoretically informed social capital-building process model highlighting the generalizability of our findings to wider (ex-) offender populations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1602 Criminology; 1801 Law; Criminology
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac093
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2022 15:33
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2022 16:25
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31039

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