Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison
dc.contributor.author | Walker, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Higgs, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Stoové, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Amanda | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-30T02:39:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-30T02:39:42Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-04-16T07:41:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Walker, S. and Higgs, P. and Stoové, M. and Wilson, A. 2017. Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66240 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0306624X17747829 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2017, The Author(s) 2017. 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. | |
dc.title | Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0306-624X | |
dcterms.source.title | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology | |
curtin.department | National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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