‘It's as if you're not in the Jail, as if you're not a Prisoner’: Young Male Offenders’ Experiences of Incarceration, Prison Chaplaincy, Religion and Spirituality in Scotland and Denmark
| Autor: | Nighet Riaz, Line Lercke Morck, Yonah Hisborn Matemba, Robert McLean, Ross Deuchar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Bande og kriminalitet
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| Zdroj: | Deuchar, R, Mørck, L L, Matemba, Y, McLean, R & Riaz, N 2016, ' ‘It’s as if you’re not in the jail, as if you’re not a prisoner’ : young male offenders' experiences of incarceration, prison chaplaincy and religious and spiritual journeys in Scotland and Denmark. ', The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 55, no. 1-2, pp. 131-150 . https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12160 |
| ISSN: | 2059-1098 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hojo.12160 |
| Popis: | This paper focuses on a recent (2014) comparative research in one young offenders’ institution in Scotland and two remand prisons in Demark. It explores young male offenders’ experiences of incarceration, prison chaplaincy and religious and spiritual journeys. Based on in-depth life history interviews with 15 young offenders in Scotland and Denmark, the findings suggest that working with inter-faith chaplains enabled the young inmates to take small steps towards managing the social strains that led them into offending, and the ‘painful’ experiences they encountered during imprisonment. The holistic provision that they were offered helped to nurture some initial turning points that stimulated identity and behaviour change linked to transitional masculinity, and in some cases to an increased commitment towards criminal desistance. This paper explores Scottish and Danish young male offenders’ experiences of incarceration, prison chaplaincy, religion and spirituality. The findings from in-depth face to face semi-structured interviews (n=15) suggest that although Scotland and Denmark are increasingly secular countries the prison environment (deprivation of liberty, vulnerability and feelings of guilt) seems to engender pro-religious/spiritual attitudes and an interest in prison chaplaincy services. Working with inter-faith chaplains enabled the young inmates to take small steps towards managing the social strains that led them into offending, and the ‘painful’ experiences they encountered during imprisonment. The holistic chaplaincy services that they were offered helped to nurture some initial turning points that stimulated identity and behaviour change linked to transitional masculinity, and in some cases to an increased commitment towards criminal desistance. |
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