The kindness of strangers
Trust, recognition, and the co-production of desistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6458449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Ugelvik (0000-0002-6743-5637, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 416-433 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoretical Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-4806 • E-ISSN: 1461-7439 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13624806241295692 |
| OpenAlex | W4405455566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article explores the significance of new relationships between former offenders who have made changes to their lives and the people they meet as part of their desistance journeys. Many studies of individual desistance processes have focused on the experience of stigma and exclusion, but the related concept of trust rarely appears in the literature. What does it mean for ongoing desistance and identity reconstruction processes when strangers are willing to take a chance and place trust in former offenders? Through a close look at the connections between desistance processes and the experience of mutual interpersonal trust, this article examines the role trust may play in the co-production of desistance
Criminology · Economics · Kindness · Microeconomics · Political science · Production (economics · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Existential self in society
Making good
What About Mozart? What About Murder?
Social structures and desistance from crime
Bowling alone
Stigma
Reentry in Practice
When to Tell, When to Keep Silent
Young Offenders
Offending and Desistance
Escape Routes
Questions of Cultural Identity
Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives
Desistance From Crime—to What? Exploring Future Aspirations and Their Implications for Processes of Desistance
The role of recognition in the desistance process
A Dramatic Approach to the Self-Concept
Existentialism and Sociology
Morality and the Middle Class
The Transformative Power of Trust
Desistance and Identity Repair
Making Desistance Recognizable
Shark in the Fish Tank’
Emotions, Future Selves and the Process of Desistance
The Past, Present, and Future of an Identity Theory
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Deterrence in the Workplace
On the Existential Aspects of Desistance from Crime
How many cases do I need
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
Gender, Crime, and Desistance
The Nature of Trust
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |