Examining the role of sport and physical activity in supporting the early desistance transitions of formerly incarcerated people

检查体育和身体活动在支持前被监禁者早期戒毒过渡中的作用

• 批准号: 2740869
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Loughborough University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2740869
• 关键词: Examining; role; sport; physical; activity

Desistance from crime relates to the underlying processes which support the maintenance of a crime free life after a period of offending (Kay, 2016). It is thought to involve not only the termination of offending, but also some level of transformation of self-identity and self-worth, usually presented through a "narrative of change" (Gadd and Farrall, 2004), which is linked to the appropriation and accumulation of new roles and responsibilities (e.g. employee, coach) that are no longer associated with offending. Avenues for transformation and pro-social role development, however, are difficult to come by for many of those recently released from prison, who are disproportionately drawn from socially excluded backgrounds. Given that 48% of adults are reconvicted of within one year of release (PRT, 2019:3), it is vital that more attention is given to ways in which early desistance transitions can be facilitated for this population. The proposed work aims to investigate the ways in which sport and physical activity programmes can be used to support the initial desistance efforts of former prisoners' post-release, and is guided by the following objectives:1. To understand the ways in which early desistance efforts are maintained by ex-prisoners, post-release2. To understand how useful prison-based sport and physical activity programmes are in supporting the initial desistance efforts of ex-prisoners in the community To address these issues, the proposed study will examine one such prison-based sport and physical activity programme which offers additional support to participants post-release. The Twinning Project (https://www.twinningproject.co.uk) is a national initiative which "twins" Premier League and Football League clubs with local prisons to offer coaching and education provisions to incarcerated offenders with the longer-term aspiration to enhance their employability post-release. The project was devised by David Dein (former vice chairman of the FA), and has received support from the Justice Secretary, Matt Hancock MP, former Justice Secretaries Robert Buckland QC, and other senior members of the Ministry of Justice. The study will adopt a qualitative methodology, consisting of participant observation and narrative interviews with participants in Twinning Project programmes whilst in prison and after release. The study will follow two cohorts of 12 prisoner participants through their involvement in the Twinning Project course both in prison and as they progress "through the gate" into the community. Cohorts will be identified from two participating clubs/prisons located in the Midlands with up to 24 prisoners in total being selected for involvement in the work. In addition, interviews will be conducted with coaches delivering the course and practitioners from the clubs working in the community. Participating clubs/prisons will be drawn from those delivering well-established programmes that have been successfully delivered for over 12 months before commencement of the proposed work and in discussion with the partner organisation and HMPPS. The proposed work would be the first of its kind to examine the interdisciplinary fields of sport and physical activity and initial desistance transitions together and, as such, will provide a significant contribution to our understanding of both fields. It will allow for an improved understanding of the ways in which desistance efforts are managed post-release, but also how sport and physical activity can be used to support rehabilitative efforts in the community. While adding to the available knowledge base, it is expected that the project will identify best practice which will benefit the partner organisation and those undertaking sport and physical activity in custodial settings.

停止犯罪与支持在犯罪一段时间后维持无犯罪生活的基本过程有关（凯，2016）。它被认为不仅涉及犯罪的终止，而且还涉及自我认同和自我价值的某种程度的转变，通常通过“变化叙述”（Gadd和Farrall，2004年）来呈现，这与不再与犯罪有关的新角色和责任（例如雇员，教练）的占用和积累有关。然而，对于许多最近从监狱释放的人来说，很难找到转变和有利于社会的角色发展的途径，因为他们不成比例地来自社会排斥的背景。鉴于48%的成年人在释放后一年内被重新定罪（PRT，2019：3），因此必须更多地关注如何促进这一人群的早期停止过渡。拟议的工作旨在调查如何利用体育和体育活动方案来支持前囚犯释放后的初步停止努力，并以以下目标为指导：1.要了解的方式，其中早期停止努力是由前囚犯，释放后2。了解监狱体育活动计划对协助释囚在社会上初步戒除毒瘾的效用。为解决这些问题，建议的研究将探讨一项为释囚提供额外支援的监狱体育活动计划。结对项目（https：www.twinningproject.co.uk）是一项全国性举措，将英超和足球联赛俱乐部与当地监狱“结对”，向长期渴望提高释放后就业能力的被监禁罪犯提供辅导和教育。该项目由大卫戴恩（前英足总副主席）设计，并得到了司法部长马特汉考克议员、前司法部长罗伯特巴克兰QC和司法部其他高级成员的支持。这项研究将采用定性方法，包括对结对项目参与者在狱中和获释后的观察和叙述性访谈。该研究将跟踪两组12名囚犯参与者在监狱和“通过大门”进入社区时参加结对项目课程的情况。将从位于中部地区的两个参与俱乐部/监狱中确定队列，总共挑选多达24名囚犯参与工作。此外，还将对提供课程的教练和在社区工作的俱乐部的从业者进行采访。参与的俱乐部/监狱将从那些在拟议工作开始前成功实施了12个月以上的完善计划的俱乐部/监狱中选出，并与伙伴组织和HMPPS进行了讨论。拟议的工作将是第一次检查体育和身体活动的跨学科领域和初步停止过渡在一起，因此，将提供一个显着的贡献，我们对这两个领域的理解。它将有助于更好地了解释放后如何管理停止工作，以及如何利用体育和体育活动来支持社区的康复工作。在增加现有知识库的同时，预计该项目将确定最佳做法，使伙伴组织和在拘留环境中从事体育和身体活动的组织受益。