Løslatt og hjemløs

Dyb, Evelyn; Brattbakk, Ingar; Bergander, Klaus; Helgesen, Janne

doi:10.7577/nibr/samarbeidsrapport/2006/3

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“…Correctional Service staff and their partners emphasize starting this work as soon as possible. Late starts result in unnecessarily high rates of homelessness upon release (Dyb et al, 2006). Additional barriers were stigma, degrading treatment and an inefficient search for accommodation (Arnal and McNeill, in press;Ludvigsen et al, 2008).…”

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‘Facilitator-coordinators’ or ‘umbilical cords’: Staff experiences of supporting desistance following release from prison

Koffeld-Hamidane

Andvig

Karlsson

2023

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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While research on supported desistance is increasing, little is known about practitioners’ experiences of facilitating change following release in Norway. This article seeks to expand this knowledge through the perspectives of probation caseworkers and staff of penal voluntary organizations. Despite their common challenges and shared ideals, the two groups experience varying ability to assist in change processes. While staff of voluntary organizations practice close to the ideal, caseworkers describe frustration at an increased risk focus and thus a decrease in desistance promotion. In this context, we discuss how two key developments in Norwegian resettlement practice, (1) increased discrepancies between ideals and realities and (2) the blurring of boundaries between penal voluntary organizations and the Correctional Services, are shifting probation work away from supporting desistance.

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‘Facilitator-coordinators’ or ‘umbilical cords’: Staff experiences of supporting desistance following release from prison

Koffeld-Hamidane

Andvig

Karlsson

2023

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Released to the “Battlefield” of the Danish Welfare State: A Battle Between Support and Personal Responsibility

Olesen

2017

Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice

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Imprisonment: A Major Gateway to Homelessness

Dyb¹

2009

Housing Studies

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This paper presents and discusses the results of a survey of inmates in a representative sample of prisons in Norway. The main conclusion of the study is that imprisonment creates homelessness. While this study and those of others find that approximately one-third of inmates are homeless or live in a precarious housing situation prior to imprisonment, the survey also found that two-thirds were homeless on release. Although the literature on and studies of homelessness and imprisonment are sparse, studies from other countries support this close link between imprisonment and homelessness. There are several reasons why imprisonment should be one of the primary routes into homelessness and the cause of people remaining in precarious housing. The paper also discusses connections between imprisonment, homelessness and social exclusion.

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Løslatt og hjemløs

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‘Facilitator-coordinators’ or ‘umbilical cords’: Staff experiences of supporting desistance following release from prison

‘Facilitator-coordinators’ or ‘umbilical cords’: Staff experiences of supporting desistance following release from prison

Released to the “Battlefield” of the Danish Welfare State: A Battle Between Support and Personal Responsibility

Imprisonment: A Major Gateway to Homelessness

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