Recovery and desistance: what the emerging recovery movement in the alcohol and drug area can learn from models of desistance from offending

Best, David; Irving, James R.; Albertson, Katherine

doi:10.1080/16066359.2016.1185661

Cited by 68 publications

(43 citation statements)

References 61 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In first instance, we think about persons in both recovery from drug use and desistance from offending. Although most of the (conceptual and empirical) work on recovery capital has been carried out with an alcohol or illicit drug misusing sample (Laudet & White, 2008), some study the role of recovery capital in a sample consisting of people who have been using drugs and who have been committing offences (see for example Best, Irving & Albertson, 2016). This is not surprising.…”

Section: Inclusive Cities For Other Excluded and Vulnerable Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Let’s celebrate recovery. Inclusive Cities working together to support social cohesion

Best

Colman

2018

Addiction Research & Theory

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Recovery from illicit drug and alcohol use takes place over time and is characterized by a dynamic interaction between internal and external components. An integral part of all recovery journeys is effective community reintegration. After all, recovery is not mainly an issue of personal motivation rather it is about acceptance by family, by friends and by a range of organisations and professionals across the community. Therefore to support pathways to recovery, structural and contextual endeavours are needed to supplement individually-oriented interventions and programmes. One way to do this, is by introducing and promoting Inclusive Cities. An Inclusive City promotes participation, inclusion, full and equal citizenship to all her citizens, including those in recovery, based on the idea of community capital The aim of building recovery capital at a community level through connections and 'linking social capital' to challenge stigmatisation and exclusion is seen as central to this idea. Inclusive Cities is an initiative to support the creation of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care at a city level, that starts with but extends beyond substance using populations. This paper describes (and gives examples of) how it is possible to use recovery as a starting point for generating social inclusion, challenging the marginalisation of other excluded populations as well by building community connections.

show abstract

Section: Inclusive Cities For Other Excluded and Vulnerable Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Let’s celebrate recovery. Inclusive Cities working together to support social cohesion

Best

Colman

2018

Addiction Research & Theory

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…However, this idea of ‘validation’ is derived from Best, Irving, and Albertson (), who suggested that recovery involves change in personal identity that requires not only internal changes in values, but also recognition by the surrounding social environment. One corollary of this might be that the broader such recognition is (i.e., across social settings and subcultures), the better; therefore, recognition from both fellow American Indian tribal and other non‐American Indian residents could have been particularly beneficial for the tribal residents.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A promising recovery housing model for American Indian communities

Jason

Kassanits

Reilly

et al. 2019

Journal Community Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In 2016, two Oxford House (OH) recovery homes were established for the Suquamish Tribal reservation. A group of researchers interviewed house members and key individuals responsible for the creation of these two unique OHs. Because American Indians are an at-risk population for substance use disorders, our study explored whether an OH-type recovery home model could be successfully adapted to this population, given the specific nature of tribal cultures. Findings indicated that the residents, composed of both American Indians and non-American Indians, found these OHs to be supportive of recovery in general and with the values of American Indians. The tribal community’s positive attitudes toward these recovery homes may have been due to similarities between the Suquamish Tribal Government and OH’s democratic structures, with all individuals having a voice in the decision making process. The overall findings suggest that these types of culturally modified recovery settings on American Indian tribal lands could be an important resource for individuals dealing with substance use disorders.

show abstract

“…Using a pyramid designed for particular problems, or to guide strategies of relational governance, not only can help coordinate and focus the efforts of those involved, but also serves as a conceptual map as to what will be done first, what will be done next and what resources are needed to proceed. This is seen as a way of further widening relational enforcement and support capacities and networks including social movements that are necessary for longer-range reintegration and recovery efforts (Best, Irving & Albertson, 2017). But it is also seen as a way to…”

Section: Restorative and Responsive Investments In Just Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keeping complexity alive: restorative and responsive approaches to culture change

Burford¹

2018

The International Journal Of Restorative Justice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The human services are fraught with history of failure related to grasping oversimplified, across-the-board solutions that are expected to work in all situations for all groups of people. This article reviews some of the long-standing and current challenges for governance of programmes in maintaining cultures that safeguard restorative and responsive standards, principles and values, thereby amplifying and enhancing their centrality to relational engagement within families, groups, communities and organisations. Despite their potential for helping groups of people grapple with the complex dynamics that impact their lives, restorative justice approaches are seen as no less vulnerable to being whittled down to technical routines through practitioner and sponsor colonisation than other practices. This article explores some of the ways culture can work to erode and support the achievement of restorative standards, and why restorative justice and regulation that is responsive to the ongoing experiences of affected persons offers unique paths forward for achieving justice. Included in this exploration are the ways that moral panic and top-down, command-and-control management narrow relational approaches to tackling complex problems and protect interests that reproduce social and economic inequality.

show abstract

Recovery and desistance: what the emerging recovery movement in the alcohol and drug area can learn from models of desistance from offending

Cited by 68 publications

References 61 publications

Let’s celebrate recovery. Inclusive Cities working together to support social cohesion

Let’s celebrate recovery. Inclusive Cities working together to support social cohesion

A promising recovery housing model for American Indian communities

Keeping complexity alive: restorative and responsive approaches to culture change

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About