RT Article
T1 Prison life and prior social experiences: understanding their importance for indigenous peoples’ re-entry outcomes
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 59
IS 1
A1 Ryan, Nicole
A2 Ackerman, Jeffrey M.
A2 Bond, Christine
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/158622042X
AB 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.
K1 Prisoner re-entry
K1 Indigenous
K1 Reincarceration
K1 Prison life
DO 10.1093/bjc/azy027