Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-16-2019
Subject: LCSH
Genocide, Post-traumatic stress disorder
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Psychology
Abstract
Utilizing survey data from 302 men and women incarcerated in the Rwandan correctional system for the crime of genocide, and structured interviews with 75 prisoners, this mixed methods study draws on the concept of recovery capital to understand how individuals convicted of genocide navigate post-genocide healing. Genocide smashes physical and human capital and perverts social and cultural capital. Experiencing high levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms with more than two-thirds of the sample scoring above typical civilian cut-off levels, raised levels of depression, and high levels of anxiety, and failing physical health, the genocide perpetrators require multiple sources of recovery capital to foster internal resilience as they look forward to rebuilding their own lives.
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00637
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Repository Citation
Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin; Gideon, Lior; Leitch, Laurie; and Yasuhara, Kento, "Recovery After Genocide: Understanding the Dimensions of Recovery Capital Among Incarcerated Genocide Perpetrators in Rwanda" (2019). Criminal Justice Faculty Publications. 59.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/criminaljustice-facpubs/59
Publisher Citation
Barnes-Ceeney, K., Gideon, L., Leitch, L., & Yasuhara, K. (2019). Recovery after genocide: Understanding the dimensions of recovery capital among incarcerated genocide perpetrators in Rwanda. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 637
Comments
This is an open-access article published in Frontiers in Psychology under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license. The article was originally posted at http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00637