Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison
© 2017, The Author(s) 2017. 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 partici...
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| author | Walker, S. Higgs, Peter Stoové, M. Wilson, Amanda |
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| description | © 2017, The Author(s) 2017. 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. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-662402018-04-30T02:48:32Z Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison Walker, S. Higgs, Peter Stoové, M. Wilson, Amanda © 2017, The Author(s) 2017. 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. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66240 10.1177/0306624X17747829 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Walker, S. Higgs, Peter Stoové, M. Wilson, Amanda Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison |
| title | Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison |
| title_full | Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison |
| title_fullStr | Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison |
| title_full_unstemmed | Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison |
| title_short | Narratives of Young Men With Injecting Drug Use Histories Leaving Adult Prison |
| title_sort | narratives of young men with injecting drug use histories leaving adult prison |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66240 |