Purpose Following Cullen’s spirit when setting forth his version of social support theory, this article shows the value of social support as an organizing concept for life-course theory. Specifically, this article describes four different pathways through which social support matters for desistance. First, social support is a constitutive part of adults’ social bonds that operate as resources that make change possible in individuals’ lives. Second, social support can promote and help sustain a cognitive transformation that encourages desistance. Third, socially supportive interventions are better equipped to promote desistance, whereas punishment-oriented interventions (those lacking and undermining social supports) are criminogenic. Finally, social support can help former inmates navigate the many stressors they encounter upon release and contribute to sustaining their desistance. Conclusions This article reaffirms the value of social support as a fundamental factor in the desistance process. A social support theory of desistance could help integrate much of the criminological research on desistance. Furthermore, putting social support at the center of the discussion of the desistance process would help consolidate a policy agenda that not only reaffirms rehabilitation but also promotes a broader set of policies aimed at constructing a more fair and supportive society. In doing so, it will move the debate away from individuals and make governmental institutions and society as a whole acknowledge their responsibility in the crime problem and their role in promoting desistance.

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疾病的社会支持理论

目的本文遵循库伦在提出社会支持理论时的精神，展示了社会支持作为生命过程理论的组织概念的价值。具体来说，本文描述了四种不同的途径，社会支持对于这些途径至关重要。首先，社会支持是成年人社会纽带的重要组成部分，它们是使个人生活发生变化的资源。其次，社会支持可以促进并帮助维持鼓励运动的认知转变。第三，社会支持的干预措施能够更好地促进戒断，而面向惩罚的干预措施（缺乏和破坏社会支持的干预措施）会造成犯罪。最后，社会支持可以帮助前囚犯释放时遇到的许多压力源，并为维持其抵抗力做出贡献。结论本文重申了社会支持作为戒断过程中基本因素的价值。戒断的社会支持理论可以帮助整合有关戒断的许多犯罪学研究。此外，将社会支持放在停顿进程讨论的中心，将有助于巩固不仅重申恢复正常生活而且促进旨在建立更公平和支持性社会的一系列政策的政策议程。这样做将使辩论远离个人，并使政府机构和整个社会承认他们在犯罪问题上的责任及其在促进制止中的作用。