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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ryan, Nicole (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Ackerman, Jeffrey M. ; Bond, Christine
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: The British journal of criminology
Jahr: 2019, Band: 59, Heft: 1, Seiten: 188 –208
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Indigenous
Prisoner re-entry
Prison life
Reincarceration
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Zusammenfassung: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