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Slater, JA, 2024. Prison education for individuals incarcerated for a sexual offence: exploring the realistic expectations concerning their future. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.
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This thesis explores the lived experiences of prison education through the narratives of prisoners incarcerated for a sexual offence and prison staff who work with this prisoner cohort. The educational offer in a prison environment provides education courses for all prisoners and does not distinguish between individuals based on their offence. However, individuals who are incarcerated for a sexual offence have different educational and employment needs than those individuals incarcerated for a non-sexual offence. When someone has the label sex offender, they are often stigmatised and discriminated against, both inside and outside of the prison walls. In addition, the prisoners may have licence conditions, and notification procedures and they will need to comply with the sex offenders register when released from prison. This thesis examines the realistic expectations around the future of prisoners incarcerated for a sexual offence regarding prison education. This thesis comprised of four separate chapters consisting of secondary data collection and three empirical studies. Secondary data was reviewed illustrating the demographics of the prisoner population. Studies one and two used qualitative data which explored the narratives of 48 (N=48) adult males incarcerated for a sexual offence. Study three captured the narratives of prison staff (N=14) working in a prison that holds prisoners incarcerated for a sexual offence. The qualitative data from all three studies were analysed thematically, exploring the perceptions, and lived experiences of education within a prison environment. Findings from the rich data set identified that engaging with prison education does not benefit the prisoners because the educational offer is often at a low-level. Education needs to be individually tailored to best meet the diverse needs when dealing with specific restrictions consequential of an individual's conviction. Additionally, the culture inside and outside of prison requires change to overcome the negative effects of stigma and labelling. There should be no limitations on learning because engaging in education provides meaningful pursuits and improves prisoners' employability, thus, giving prisoners incarcerated for a sexual offence the opportunity to become active members of society when released from prison.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Creators: | Slater, J.A. |
| Contributors: | Name Role NTU ID ORCID |
| Date: | March 2024 |
| Rights: | The copyright in this work is held by the author. You may copy up to 5 % of this work for private study, or personal, non-commercial research. Any re-use of the information contained within this document should be fully referenced, quoting the author, title, university, degree level and pagination. Queries or requests for any other use, or if a more substantial copy is required, should be directed to the author. |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Melissa Cornwell |
| Date Added: | 31 Jan 2025 10:14 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2025 10:14 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52948 |
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