RT Article
T1 Mindfulness and rehabilitation: teaching yoga and meditation to young men in an alternative to incarceration program
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 61
IS 15
SP 1719
OP 1738
A1 Barrett, Carla J.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580572553
AB This study used participant/observation and open-ended interviews to understand how male participants (age 18-24 years) benefited from yoga and mindfulness training within an Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) program. Findings suggest that the male participants (age 18-24 years) benefited from the intervention through reductions in stress and improvements in emotion regulation. Several participants noted the importance of the development of an embodied practice for assisting them in managing anger and impulse control. The young men’s narratives suggest that mindfulness-based interventions can contribute positively to rehabilitative outcomes within alternative to incarcerations settings, providing complementary benefit to existing ATI programs, especially for clients amenable to mindfulness training. With many jurisdictions expanding rehabilitation-focused interventions for young offenders, service providers should consider the potential positive contributions that mindfulness-based interventions can have for fostering desistance and reducing recidivism among justice system–involved populations.
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 Resozialisierung
K1 Inhaftierung
K1 Alternative
K1 Mindfulness
K1 Alternatives to incarceratio
K1 Stress
K1 Emotion regulation
K1 Anger management
K1 Strafvollzug
K1 Agressionsbewältigung
DO 10.1177/0306624X16633667