RT Article
T1 Communication isolation as reported by a group of deaf Texas inmates
JF Western criminology review
VO 11
IS 2
SP 1
OP 8
A1 Glasner, Aviva Twersky
A1 Miller, Katrina R.
A2 Miller, Katrina R.
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1415626391
AB Most profoundly deaf children are born into hearing families and often are not exposed to accessible (visualgestural) language within the home environment. Much incidental communication and instruction is missed as a result. This is a qualitative study evaluating the impact of communication barriers on ten deaf, incarcerated offenders whose primary mode of communication is sign language. Participants represent a range of ages, communication histories, and language abilities. Through interviews, participants' experiences in the home, at school, and in the prison environment were discussed. Study results indicate that common experiences of profoundly deaf, adult signing offenders are restricted early access to communication beyond routine activities, lack of signing male role models, being overlooked or faking success in school, and a need for continuing awareness and responsiveness to the communication needs of deaf offenders.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 6-8
K1 Strafgefangene
K1 Gehörlose
K1 Kommunikation
K1 Evaluierung
K1 Deaf
K1 Communication
K1 Abuse
K1 minimal language skills
K1 Inmates
K1 Incarceration
K1 equal access
K1 social identities
K1 Marginalization
K1 qualitative analyses
K1 Personal Narratives