RT Article
T1 Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 12
SP 3681
OP 3707
A1 Walker, Shelley
A1 Higgs, Peter
A1 Stoové, Mark
A2 Higgs, Peter
A2 Stoové, Mark
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1663287457
AB This research focuses on an under-examined aspect of the post-release prison trajectory for a seldom-researched cohort. Narratives of the immediate days/weeks surrounding release were gathered from young men with histories of injecting drug use (IDU). Twenty-eight participants (aged 19-24) released from adult prisons in Victoria, Australia, participated in face-to-face in-depth qualitative interviews after release. Analysis of findings through the lens of a "risk environment" framework reveals how their experiences were compromised by risk factors embedded in the physical spaces and social situations they inhabited, as well as the multi-sectoral policy environments under which they were governed. A complex interplay between these factors, young men's drug use and broader issues of structural vulnerability, including institutionalization and social disadvantage, combined to limit young men's chances of "success"1 on the outside. Narratives provide evidence for interventions that transform risk environments into enabling environments, thereby promoting a more successful transition from prison to community for young men with IDU histories.
K1 Injecting drug use
K1 Young adult offenders
K1 Risk environment
K1 Prison release narratives
K1 Young male prisoners
K1 Jugendstrafgefangene
K1 Männliche Strafgefangene
K1 Jugendliche Strafgefangene
K1 Risikofaktoren
DO 10.1177/0306624X17747829