Connected corrections and corrected connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisoners

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dc.check.chapterOfThesisWhole thesis for two years, with a view to publishing a book.en
dc.contributor.advisorDonson, Fionaen
dc.contributor.advisorO'Sullivan, Catherineen
dc.contributor.advisorexternalConnolly, Sheilaen
dc.contributor.authorMulcahy, Jane
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderProbation Service, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T11:58:15Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T11:58:15Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-20
dc.date.submitted2019-12-20
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I establish the desirability of adopting a connected, healing-centred approach in which multiagency collaboration is prioritised in order to improve outcomes for long sentence male prisoners. I explore how childhood trauma is often at the root of addiction and offending behaviour, based on qualitative interview data with twelve men approaching release. Their narratives revealed histories of neglect, abuse, family dysfunction, poverty, deprivation and community adversity. My core interviewees’ accounts of engagement with services, personal development opportunities, pre-release preparation and reentry are supplemented with interview and focus group data from criminal justice policy-makers, practitioners and community-based organisations, to provide wider context. My thesis argues that penal policy and practice must become trauma-responsive as a matter of urgency. Physiological safety is a prerequisite for human beings, without which we cannot develop new, healthier relational patterns or adopt pro-social behaviours. To increase the desistance-supportive potential of prison and post-release supervision in Ireland, people working on the frontlines of criminal justice must play a personal role in helping offenders to begin to renegotiate and re-story their undigested trauma, by fostering relational health, promoting strengths and displaying cultural sensitivity. Greater effort is required to ensure that the transition back to the community is safe and responsibly managed. A whole of government response is necessary to ensure that basic human needs are met upon release.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMulcahy J. H. 2019. Connected corrections and corrected connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisoners. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage404en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10545
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2019, Jane Mulcahy.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectPrisonen
dc.subjectProbationen
dc.subjectOffending behaviouren
dc.subjectRehabilitationen
dc.subjectSentence managementen
dc.subjectReentry planningen
dc.subjectCollaborationen
dc.subjectPerson-centreden
dc.subjectCareen
dc.subjectWellbeingen
dc.subjectPersonal developmenten
dc.subjectHealingen
dc.subjectTraumaen
dc.subjectAddictionen
dc.subjectSafetyen
dc.subjectAttachment theoryen
dc.subjectRisk managementen
dc.subjectRisk-need-responsivityen
dc.subjectDesistanceen
dc.subjectInterpersonal neurobiologyen
dc.subjectPolyvagal theoryen
dc.subjectAdverse childhood experiencesen
dc.subjectStrengthsen
dc.subjectPositive changeen
dc.subjectReintegrationen
dc.subjectSupportsen
dc.subjectWhole of government approachen
dc.subjectPost-release supervisionen
dc.subjectRelapseen
dc.subjectRecoveryen
dc.titleConnected corrections and corrected connections: post-release supervision of long sentence male prisonersen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD - Doctor of Philosophyen
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