Is Risk a Valuable Component of Outdoor Adventure Programmes for Young Offenders Undergoing Drug Rehabilitation

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ID12600426
AutoresGeoff Nichols (0000-0002-2477-0865, University of Sheffield, autor de correspondencia)
Año1999
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas101-115
Fecha de publicación1999-02-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13676261.1999.10593026
OpenAlexW2323096938
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas8

A theoretical understanding of the process by which programmes that seek to achieve personal growth of young people through adventure has provided a rationale for the use of activities where participants experience perceived risk. However, it has been argued that young people are already confronted by an increasing range of risks in their daily lives and, paradoxically, some adventure programmes are directed towards young offenders who already face a disproportionate amount of risk. The use of risk in outdoor adventure programmes with young offenders undergoing drug rehabilitation is examined through interviews with programme participants, programme managers and probation staff. This illustrates difficulties of risk management in programmes that require particular sensitivity to the disadvantages faced by clients. The major risks faced by clients were sustaining a new self-concept and lifestyle which excluded drug use. Experiences of outdoor adventure were not a direct substitute for drugs but they could act as a metaphor for overcoming the challenges of rehabilitation, provide a catalyst for changes in self-concept and the development of new trust relations, and the activities themselves could provide a new life interest. Thus risk, sensitively managed, could have positive outcomes

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