‘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.

Ross Deuchar; Line Lerche Mørck; Yonah, Matemba; Robert McLean,; Nighet, Riaz

doi:10.1111/hojo.12160

‘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.

Ross Deuchar, Line Lerche Mørck, Yonah, Matemba, Robert McLean,, Nighet, Riaz

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This article 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 interfaith 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.

Original language	English
Journal	The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume	55
Issue	1-2
Pages (from-to)	131-150
Number of pages	19
ISSN	2059-1098
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12160
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2016

Keywords

Bande og kriminalitet
Fængsler
Imam
KønKøn
Spirituality
chaplaincy
community based intervention
crime prevention
desistance
gang desistance
masculinity
prisons
religion
street gangs

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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, 55(1-2), 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12160

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‘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. / Deuchar, Ross; Mørck, Line Lerche; Matemba, Yonah, et al.
In: The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 55, No. 1-2, 01.05.2016, p. 131-150.

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‘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.

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Ethnic minority youth

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