Developing a Typology for Peer Education and Peer Support Delivered by Prisoners

South, Jane; Bagnall, Anne‐Marie; Woodall, James

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“…Prisoners in this study with a social care role (buddies) reported receiving comprehensive training and ongoing support within clear formalised structures, which enabled them to provide personcentred care. The components of the buddies programme can be identified as addressing each of the different models for peer interventions, which include peer education, peer support, peer monitoring and peer bridging roles (South, et al 2017). The current study and other initiatives of peer care have demonstrated the need for education, but also peer support and peer monitoring to address the needs of prisoners who have taken on a role that can be emotionally and physically draining (Moll, 2013;Stewart & Edmond, 2017).…”

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An exploration of the support provided by prison staff, education, health and social care professionals, and prisoners for prisoners with dementia

Brooke

Jackson

2019

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology

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The prison population is aging, and older prisoners are at a higher risk of developing dementia than their community dwelling counterparts. Currently there is limited information on the support provided for prisoners with dementia. The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the lived experience of prison staff, education, health and social care professionals and prisoners with a social care role who supported men with dementia in prison. The study was completed in a Category C male prison in England. Focus groups and interviews with each professional group and prisoners explored current experiences of supporting prisoners with dementia. This qualitative exploration highlighted diversity within: education and training received by participants; the development of participant's roles to support prisoners with dementia; and diversity within the prison regime which impacted on prisoners with dementia and those supporting them. Recommendations include the need for multidisciplinary training and development of both policies and guidelines to support staff and prisoners with a social care role to adequately support prisoners with dementia.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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An exploration of the support provided by prison staff, education, health and social care professionals, and prisoners for prisoners with dementia

Brooke

Jackson

2019

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology

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“…), prisoners’ families (Woodall and Kinsella ) and in resettlement (Thompson and Thomas ). Peer mentoring by (ex‐)prisoners is a growing area internationally (Buck ), and commentary has explored peer interventions co‐ordinated by voluntary organisations: in young offender institutions, prisons and community supervision (see, for example, Fletcher and Batty ; Jaffe ; South, Bagnall and Woodall ). To this literature, we add understanding of how varying CJVVOs can combine, using the case study of HMP Send, England.…”

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The Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector: Concepts and an Agenda for an Emerging Field

Tomczak

Buck

2019

Howard J Crime Justice

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Volunteers and voluntary organisations play significant roles pervading criminal justice. They are key actors, with unrecognised potential to shore up criminal justice and/or collaboratively reshape social justice. Unlike public and for-profit agents, criminal justice volunteers and voluntary organisations (CJVVOs) have been neglected by scholars. We call for analyses of diverse CJVVOs, in national and comparative contexts. We provide three categories to highlight distinctive organising auspices, which hold across criminal justice: statutory volunteers, quasi-statutory volunteers, and voluntary organisations. The unknown implications of these different forms of non-State, nonprofit justice involvement deserve far greater attention from academics, policymakers and practitioners.

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“…Although these results might also be valid for the forensic setting to some extent, it remains relevant to study the mechanisms specifically in this setting, because it has several unique aspects. Firstly, according to South, Bagnall, and Woodall [16], even though individuals presenting with delinquent behavior might be more open to advise and support coming from peers, their resistance to authority might still cause them to resist this opportunity. In addition, peers meant to support the receiver in the process of desistance or rehabilitation might in fact support risky behaviors [16].…”

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“…Firstly, according to South, Bagnall, and Woodall [16], even though individuals presenting with delinquent behavior might be more open to advise and support coming from peers, their resistance to authority might still cause them to resist this opportunity. In addition, peers meant to support the receiver in the process of desistance or rehabilitation might in fact support risky behaviors [16]. This could lead to deviancy training, which is an adverse (iatrogenic) effect that can occur when deviant peers are aggregated, leading to an increase of problem behavior [17].…”

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“…Interventions for people who engage in delinquent behavior provided by people with experiential expertise can serve several functions. For a systematic review of peer interventions aimed at improving health in prison settings, a typology was developed of the various forms that peer-based interventions can take [16]. Those most relevant for our review appear to be peer support (providing emotional or social support, or practical aid), peer mentors (role models who establish a supportive relationship with their mentee), and peer workers (providing informational support and connecting individuals to services in the area of health or welfare).…”

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Experiential peer support and its effects on desistance from delinquent behavior: protocol paper for a systematic realist literature review

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Background Experiential peers are increasingly involved in the development and delivery of interventions for individuals who are engaged in delinquent behavior. Experiential peer support, which is the provision of support to an individual engaged in delinquent behavior by someone who has previously also practiced such behavior, is one such application. Little is known, however, about its effects on desistance, or the mechanisms that explain these effects. On the basis of theoretical papers, program descriptions, and interviews with experts, we developed an initial program theory. We propose seven mechanisms that might play a role in the (potential) effects of support by experiential peers: (1) empathy and acceptance, (2) social learning, (3) social bonding, (4) social control, (5) narrative and identity formation, (6) hope and perspective, and (7) translation and connection. In addition, in this protocol paper, we describe the methods of a systematic realist literature review that will be conducted in order to investigate the evidence base for this program theory. Methods The study described in this protocol paper is a realist review, which is a suitable approach to study complex interventions and fits the explanatory purpose of the study. We outline the steps to be taken for the systematic realist review, including the selection and assessment of studies and the methods for synthesizing the findings. Discussion Investigating the effects and the underlying mechanisms of support by experiential peers for individuals with delinquent behavior is relevant because the forensic setting has some unique features, and the involvement of service users might create even more tension than in other settings due to stigma and perceived risks. The findings that will be reported in the realist review will contribute to the knowledge of the effects of support by experiential peers and will provide insight into which aspects remain to be studied. It might also provide formal care institutions with guidance on whether to involve experiential peers in the delivery of their services and the conditions under which these interventions are likely to lead to positive results. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13643-019-1036-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Developing a Typology for Peer Education and Peer Support Delivered by Prisoners

Cited by 25 publications

References 59 publications

An exploration of the support provided by prison staff, education, health and social care professionals, and prisoners for prisoners with dementia

An exploration of the support provided by prison staff, education, health and social care professionals, and prisoners for prisoners with dementia

The Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector: Concepts and an Agenda for an Emerging Field

Experiential peer support and its effects on desistance from delinquent behavior: protocol paper for a systematic realist literature review

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