‘There is nothing for me’: a qualitative analysis of the views towards prison education of adult male prisoners convicted of a sexual offence

Slater, J., Winder, B. ORCID: 0000-0002-9118-679X, O'Grady, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5061-4666 and Banyard, P. ORCID: 0000-0003-2527-0755, 2023. ‘There is nothing for me’: a qualitative analysis of the views towards prison education of adult male prisoners convicted of a sexual offence. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. ISSN 2059-1098

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Abstract

This current study examined the perceptions and lived experiences of prisoners (n=24) who do not engage with prison education. UK (United Kingdom) and international research highlights prisoners who attend prison education programmes have lower recidivism rates and increased employment opportunities upon release (Bozick et al., 2018; Abeling-Judge, 2020). This qualitative study interviewed adult males who are serving a custodial sentence for a sexual offence in England and Wales. The data was analysed thematically with two key themes emerging from the rich dataset: (i) Poor quality education, highlighting the limitations of prison education and lack of quality provision; (ii) we are sex offenders, explored non-engagement with prison education due to their ‘sex offender’ label. The findings highlight how current prison education provision needs to focus on a programme of study relevant to an individual.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
Creators:	Slater, J., Winder, B., O'Grady, A. and Banyard, P.
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Date:	10 March 2023
ISSN:	2059-1098
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1111/hojo.12521 DOI 1635562 Other
Rights:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Slater, J., Winder, B., O'Grady, A., & Banyard, P. (2023). ‘There is nothing for me’: a qualitative analysis of the views towards prison education of adult male prisoners convicted of a sexual offence. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12521 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Institute of Education Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	23 Jan 2023 14:53
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 15:23
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48041

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