Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)integration

This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey towards desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. Building on interviews with 140 justice-involved youth and young adults (aged 16 to 35), the book explores the challenges they faced while they were under the control of the justice system, the ways in which they navigated the obstacles they came up against, and the support they needed to overcome them. What and who they consider to be facilitators in their journeys is presented. The book also examines experiences of assisted desistance in different settings, such as incarceration, addiction services, and community supervision. What distinguishes this book is its focus on how justice-involved youth and young adults perceive their own experiences of desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. An accessible and compelling read, Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)Integration will be of interest to those engaged with desistance studies, rehabilitation, re-entry, juvenile and adult justice, and recovery from addiction.

Isabelle F. Dufour is Professor of Psychoeducation at Université Laval in Canada. Natacha Brunelle is Professor of Psychoeducation at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Canada. Roxanne Couture-Dubé is a doctoral candidate at Université Laval in Canada. David Henry is Director of the Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec in Canada.

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations List of Appendices General Editor's Introduction Acknowledgements Introduction NATACHA BRUNELLE, ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR, DAVID HENRY, AND ROXANNE C.-DUBÉ 1 Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)Integration Processes NATACHA BRUNELLE, ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR, ROXANNE C.-DUBÉ, JULIE CARPENTIER, AND SYLVIE HAMEL 2 Methods NATACHA BRUNELLE, ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR, ROXANNE C.-DUBÉ, PHILIPPE MERCIER, AND GENEVIÈVE GARCEAU 3 Desistance from Crime and Narrative Changes: Perspectives of Justice-Involved Youth MARIE-PIERRE VILLENEUVE, ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR, ROXANNE C.-DUBÉ, AND AGATHE ISABEL 4 How Do Informal Social Networks Contribute to Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)integration among Justice-Involved Youth? PHILIPPE MERCIER, NATACHA BRUNELLE, AND MARIE DROLET-NOËL 5 Informal Assisted Desistance among Justice-Involved Young Substance Abusers CATHERINE ARSENEAULT, NATACHA BRUNELLE, AND DAVID LIVERNOCHE 6 Positive Impact of Addiction Services and Counsellors on the Recovery of Justice-Involved Youth and their Desistance from Crime NATACHA BRUNELLE , NADIA L'ESPÉRANCE , JULIE-SOLEIL MEESON, SABRINA LAPOINTE, AND MARIE DROLET-NOËL 7 Victimization Experienced by Justice-Involved Youth: Perceived Influences on their Trajectories MARIANE GOUIN, NATACHA BRUNELLE, JULIE MARCOTTE, AND ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR 8 Make It or Break It: Interactions with Counsellors at the Heart of Substitute Care Experiences among Youth LAURENCE MAGNAN-TREMBLAY, MATHILDE TURCOTTE, AND NATACHA BRUNELLE 9 Formal and Informal Interventions: What Facilitates and Prevents the Process of Desistance from Crime among Justice-Involved Adolescent Girls? AGATHE ISABEL AND ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR 10 Perspectives of Justice-Involved Young Adults on Interventions in Québec's Correctional Institutions ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR, DAVID LIVERNOCHE, AND NATACHA BRUNELLE 11 Access to Services and their Continuity: Perceptions of Justice-Involved Youth NADIA L'ESPÉRANCE, VALÉRIE AUBUT, NATACHA BRUNELLE, AND DAVID HENRY 12 Recidivism, Assisted Desistance, and Social (Re)Integration: What Have We Learned So Far? ISABELLE F.-DUFOUR Appendix A Appendix B Index