Abstract
The concept of rehabilitation is sometimes contrasted with the idea of
spontaneous or natural desistance from crime. In this essay, I argue that both
these concepts are based in a medical model of understanding change that is
not consistent with what is known about how the process of desistance actually
works. Both rehabilitation and spontaneous desistance should be understood
in a more nuanced and integrative way, as in the assisted desistance or
co-produced desistance rhetoric used in British desistance research.
spontaneous or natural desistance from crime. In this essay, I argue that both
these concepts are based in a medical model of understanding change that is
not consistent with what is known about how the process of desistance actually
works. Both rehabilitation and spontaneous desistance should be understood
in a more nuanced and integrative way, as in the assisted desistance or
co-produced desistance rhetoric used in British desistance research.
| Translated title of the contribution | From Rehabilitation to Assisted Desistance: Transcending the Medical Model |
|---|---|
| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 19-39 |
| Journal | Criminologie |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01 May 2020 |
