Survival stories as access to society. People with history of a crime as experts by experience

Lindström, Janika; Toikko, Timo

doi:10.1080/2578983x.2021.1918435

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“…This would enable researchers in answering questions posed about the value of PPI in research and need to build a more robust evidence base (Treacy et al., 2021). It may also guard against ‘tokenistic’ approaches to PPI in research (Beresford, 2020; Javanparast et al., 2022; Kam, 2020; Lindström & Toikko, 2022).…”

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A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research

Rutherford,

Bowes,

Cornwell

et al. 2024

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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BackgroundIntroduction of guidance by the National Institute for Health Research has led to an increase in participation by people with ‘lived experience’ of mental health problems. However, some researchers have questioned the extent to which involvement has been meaningful, expressing concerns that involvement is impeded by the structure and culture of academia. A prior review of literature to 2016 provided little evidence of active engagement.AimsTo find out from published literature how patient and public involvement in designing and or conducting research has been used in forensic mental health settings, prisons or probation since the last review period.MethodsA systematic scoping review of research published in academic journals between 2016 and February 2023 was completed using terms for research activity, involvement of people with experience of receiving services and health or justice systems to search three databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO. We used the Guidance for Reporting Patient and Public Involvement in Research Tool to support data extraction and to summarise our own service user involvement in this study.ResultsFrom 675 unique titles retrieved, 17 were eligible for inclusion, covering 16 unique studies. Most of the included research was by/with people who had prison experience. Only two studies had been conducted by/with people who had experience of secure hospital wards/forensic mental health services. Details of how people with lived experience had contributed to the research were scarce, but in 8 studies they had been involved throughout and included in the authorship group.ConclusionWhilst this review identifies pockets of good practice, meaningful engagement in forensic mental health research seems to remain rare, at least as reported in papers published in academic journals. Further research is required into whether this reflects real limits on inclusion, as we suspect, or such full integration that such reporting is not regarded as necessary or desirable, which we doubt. We urge journal editors to routinely ask authors to include information about how people with lived experience have been involved in any published research and the nature and extent of the influence they had. This may help to develop the evidence base and guard against tokenistic involvement.

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confidence: 99%

A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research

Rutherford,

Bowes,

Cornwell

et al. 2024

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…They saw themselves as advocates for marginalised people and said that sharing their stories of how they had overcome difficulties were listened to. They also found that sharing their experiences gave them a chance to gain human dignity and become accepted in society (Lindström and Toikko 2022). In this way, the ideal of self-help can provide a form of advocacy in which the person in need and the helper share the problem while, in some sense, both parties' resources are strengthened.…”

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Advocating access to justice: Facilitating or gatekeeping?

Svensson

2023

Oñati Socio-Legal Series

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Advocacy is one of the central means for supporting access to justice. The social work profession has advocacy as one of its main courses of action. This discusses the components in actions that are considered as good practice for facilitating access to justice in its democratic aspects. More explicitly social workers advocacy for promoting the worth and dignity of human beings in society. Four different ideals in social work are presented, self-help, treatment, philanthropy and bureaucracy. Thereafter, cases presented as best practice from European social workers are used for pointing out the central components described for good advocacy work. These are communication, inclusion and flexibility. Taken together, the aspects all go back to having respect for those in need of advocacy. In advocating for access to justice, it is important that the advocates are actively aware of their own role in a way that their efforts facilitate access to justice.

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Peer mentoring and identity transformation in a women’s prison

Smith

2024

JCP

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Purpose This study examined the impact of peer mentoring on identity transformation amongst women in prison, exploring how peer mentoring roles develop non-offender identities, contributing to the desistance process. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative, interpretative approach was adopted. The research was undertaken at a female prison in England and Wales. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with peer mentors, mentees, project workers and prison officers, alongside focus groups. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the findings. Findings Being a peer mentor contributes positively to identity transformation for women in prison, fostering a legitimate, non-offender identity critical to the desistance process. Mentors view their role as a desistance signal through their interactions with prison staff. However, it can lead to role conflict and tension with other women in prison and prison staff. Research limitations/implications Future studies should consider longitudinal approaches to capture the long-term effects of peer mentoring upon desistance. Practical implications Recommendations include leveraging peer mentoring as a rehabilitative intervention, providing ongoing support for mentors and educating prison staff on programme benefits to foster a supportive environment. Social implications Enhancing peer mentoring programmes can improve the well-being of women in prison and support their reintegration into society. Originality/value This study examined identity transformation in female peer mentors in prison through the lens of social identity and group membership. To the author’s knowledge, no previous studies have focused centrally on identity or applied social identity theory to explore the psychological mechanisms behind these transformations.

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Survival stories as access to society. People with history of a crime as experts by experience

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research

A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research

Advocating access to justice: Facilitating or gatekeeping?

Peer mentoring and identity transformation in a women’s prison

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