Peer Support and the Management of Spoiled Identities: Re-narrating the Victimization Experience

In this paper, we view victimization experiences as an ontological assault on existential feelings. From a narrative approach, we examine the impact of the victimization experience on everyday-life management of a spoiled identity. Through data from an observational study, we study the micro-sociolo...

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Main Author: van de Ven, Pien (Author)
Contributors: Pemberton, Antony
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2022, Volume: 17, Issue: 7, Pages: 1009-1028
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Narrative
Peer support
Victimology
observation study
shame management
spoiled identity
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Summary:In this paper, we view victimization experiences as an ontological assault on existential feelings. From a narrative approach, we examine the impact of the victimization experience on everyday-life management of a spoiled identity. Through data from an observational study, we study the micro-sociological processes of re-narrating and shame management in peer support groups. We will show how peer support is a vehicle for shame management enabling participants to re-narrate their experience with the help of linguistic devices. Through this, we aim to further develop narrative criminology and victimology.
ISSN:1556-4991
DOI:10.1080/15564886.2021.2010628