Hostel Life : Sex offenders' experiences of a probation approved premises

ISBN-13: 9783639165722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 312 str.

Carla Reeves

Opis

This book reports an in-depth ethnographic study ofthe experiences of sex offenders within a ProbationApproved Premises (hostel). The hostel is used as anexample of institutions in which sex offenders areplaced whilst in transition between prison and thecommunity. Emphasis is placed upon the routines oflife and the daily interactions between residents andstaff. Three main areas are focussed upon. Fistly, theformal life of the hostel including views upon thepurpose of the hostel, the official rules of thehostel and reintegration of residents. Secondly theinformal life of the hostel is considered. Thisincludes staff attitudes towards their role and sexoffender residents, the territorial use of hostelspace, grouping by residents and staff within thehostel, and how sex offender residents construct andrepresent themselves. The final area considered isthe decision-making process within Multi-AgencyPublic Protection Panels regarding the riskmanagement of sex offenders. Thus, 'Hostel Life' seeks to shed light on lifeinside hostel institutions for sex offenders and howthey react to mechanisms designed to reform andmanage them.

O autorze

Carla Reeves completed her PhD thesis at Bangor University in
September 2008. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Criminology
at the University of Huddersfield. Her reseach interests
are in the reintegration of sex offenders being released from
prison into the community and in qualitative research methods.