Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison. (September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison. (September 2018)
- Main Title:
- Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison
- Authors:
- Walker, Shelley
Higgs, Peter
Stoové, Mark
Wilson, Mandy - Abstract:
- This research focuses on an under-examined aspect of the post-release prison trajectory for a seldom-researched cohort. Narratives of the immediate days/weeks surrounding release were gathered from young men with histories of injecting drug use (IDU). Twenty-eight participants (aged 19-24) released from adult prisons in Victoria, Australia, participated in face-to-face in-depth qualitative interviews after release. Analysis of findings through the lens of a "risk environment" framework reveals how their experiences were compromised by risk factors embedded in the physical spaces and social situations they inhabited, as well as the multi-sectoral policy environments under which they were governed. A complex interplay between these factors, young men's drug use and broader issues of structural vulnerability, including institutionalization and social disadvantage, combined to limit young men's chances of "success" 1 on the outside. Narratives provide evidence for interventions that transform risk environments into enabling environments, thereby promoting a more successful transition from prison to community for young men with IDU histories.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. Volume 62:Number 12(2018)
- Journal:
- International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
- Issue:
- Volume 62:Number 12(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 62, Issue 12 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 12
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0062-0012-0000
- Page Start:
- 3681
- Page End:
- 3707
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09
- Subjects:
- injecting drug use -- young adult offenders -- risk environment -- prison release narratives -- young male prisoners
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals
Criminal psychology -- Periodicals
Violent offenders -- Periodicals
Sex offenders -- Periodicals
Criminology -- Periodicals
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- http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ijo ↗
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0306624X17747829 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0306-624X
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