Prison life and prior social experiences: understanding their importance for indigenous peoples’ re-entry outcomes

This study explores whether differences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ risk of reincarceration can partially be explained by their social experiences prior-to-prison and their prison-life experiences. Using administrative and self-report data from 1,238 incarcerated Indigenous (n =303) an...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:  
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ryan, Nicole (Autor) ; Ackerman, Jeffrey M. (Autor) ; Bond, Christine (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: The British journal of criminology
Año: 2019, Volumen: 59, Número: 1, Páginas: 188 –208
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
Journals Online & Print:
Gargar...
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Palabras clave:
Prisoner re-entry
Indigenous
Reincarceration
Prison life
Descripción
Sumario:This study explores whether differences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ risk of reincarceration can partially be explained by their social experiences prior-to-prison and their prison-life experiences. Using administrative and self-report data from 1,238 incarcerated Indigenous (n =303) and non-Indigenous (n = 935) people in Australia, we conducted a series of Cox proportional hazards regressions. We found that Indigenous people had a significantly increased risk of reincarceration compared to non-Indigenous people, and that this can partially be explained by social experiences prior-to-prison. However, after conducting multivariate analyses, the association between prison life-experiences and reincarceration was attenuated to the null. The implications for policy and theory are discussed.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azy027