Treatment Barriers and Support for Male Ex-Armed Forces Personnel in Prison

Professional and Service User Perspectives

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4615326
AutoresVerity Wainwright (0000-0002-9876-250X, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, autor correspondente), Sharon Mcdonnell (University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Charlotte Lennox (0000-0001-9014-9965, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Jenny Shaw (0000-0003-2569-7687, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Jane Senior (0000-0002-7133-4898, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
Ano2017
Volume27
Fascículo5
Páginas759-769
Data de publicação2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732316636846
PMID26984365
OpenAlexW2299123170
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas12

Ex-armed forces personnel represent a potentially vulnerable group within the prison population. To provide support to this group, we need to understand their needs and help-seeking behavior. A focus group with professionals and semi-structured interviews with service users explored perspectives of the treatment barriers faced by this group and their support needs. Data were analyzed using constant comparison methods, and four primary themes were identified. The findings suggest ex-armed forces personnel consider prison an opportunity to access support but find it difficult to ask for help. Staff having an awareness of military issues was thought to encourage help-seeking, but the variability of provision across prison establishments was considered a barrier. Resettlement was a prominent concern, and access to support when preparing for, and after, release was felt by all participants to be important. Implications for the provision of support in prison are discussed along with recommendations for practice

Business · Criminology · Environmental health · Focus group · Military personnel · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Service member · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Medicine · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending