The Cultural Applicability of Desistance Research within the Arab (Syrian) Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adnan Mouhiddin, Deborah Mccarthy (0000-0003-3680-4652, University of Surrey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azaf125 |
| OpenAlex | W7126391140 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 44 |
This article assesses the extent to which the (Western) literature on desistance from crime has explanatory value when understood within the Arab (Syrian) context—a region of vast ethnic, religious and geopolitical diversity, in which criminological assessments remain rare. Drawing on primary data with practitioners working and living in the Syrian region, we utilize this unique data source to explain how and why many commonly cited features of desistance evidenced in the Western world fail to translate in the Syrian context. These include factors such as marriage, military service and religion. We highlight explanations for these differences and provide implications for understanding desistance in non-Western contexts
Context (archaeology) · Geopolitics · Narrative · Service (business) · Value (mathematics) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Making good
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Penal Cultures and Female Desistance
The Angola Prison Seminary
Amputation or Reconstruction? Notes on the Concept of “Knifing Off” and Desistance From Crime
Emerging Adulthood
Desistance from Offending in the Twenty-First Century
Outsourcing state violence
Changing Frames of Reconciliation
The idea of a Southern Criminology
Rethinking Criminal Propensity and Character
War and Postwar Violence
Institutions for Restorative Justice
Age, Gender, and the Crime of Crimes
Roads diverged
A Life‐course Perspective on Spirituality and Desistance From Crime
Desistance in Context
Talking Good
The enduring lessons of war
Civil war recurrence and postwar violence
Understanding Desistance from Crime
Southern Criminology
In the shadows of war and peace
Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending
The Militarization of Urban Marginality
The Birth Lottery of History
Gender, Crime, and Desistance
Desistance in the Transition to Adulthood
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |