Recovery capital in desistance and recovery: personal, social and community capital among offenders who misuse drugs Ghent University
Desistance from crime and recovery from drug misuse share similar characteristics. Researchers, in
both fields of desistance and recovery, acknowledge the importance of societal responses, besides
personal and social factors, in initiating and sustaining desistance and recovery. However, the
mechanisms contributing to this are not yet clearly understood.
Starting from the recovery field, one angle ...