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Recidivism into Criminal Gangs as a Problem of Social Identity—Some Applications from the Perspective of Pragmatism.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Work; Jun2022, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p2217-2233, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Many measures have been taken to counter recidivism into gang criminality, amongst other the efforts to prevent arrested gang members to return to their gangs after imprisonment. Whereas the conditions for successful intervention may be hard to unravel, this article will claim that some efforts may be destined to failure by default, because they do not adequately address issues of social identity as a central part of the problem, e.g. replacing one identity with another when leaving one community to establish a meaningful life in another. This article presents some views on social identity from the standpoint of pragmatism and demonstrates how their application on recidivism into gang-related crime reveals problematic issues for social work. To that end, this article takes departure in outlaw-biker communities as illustrative example and make use of two interviews with former presidents of a well-known club. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RECIDIVISM prevention
FRIENDSHIP
EDUCATION
EMPATHY
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
SOCIAL theory
PRISONERS
SELF-perception
SOCIAL constructionism
TATTOOING
SOCIAL norms
GANGS
GROUP identity
INTERVIEWING
COMMUNITY support
EXPERIENCE
QUALITATIVE research
CONCEPTUAL structures
PHENOMENOLOGY
SELF-efficacy
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL attitudes
SOCIAL case work
POLICE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00453102
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157681610
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab183