Showing posts with label Brisbane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brisbane. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
Finding and Keeping a Job: The Value and Meaning of Employment for Parolees
Finding stable employment has
been identified as one of the best predictors of post-release success among
prisoners. However, offenders face a number of challenges in securing
employment when released from prison.
This article examines processes that
shape the abilities and motivations of parolees to secure gainful employment by
examining interview data collected from parolees in Queensland, Australia (n =
50). We explore the role of social networks and commercial employment providers
in helping parolees find work, the perceived value of institutional work and
training, and the meanings, challenges, and impact of managing the disclosure
of one's criminal past
to employers.
Findings highlight that the role and influence of employment on a
parolee's reintegration is conditional on his or her supportive social
networks, ability to manage stigma, and personal changes in identity, which
elevate the importance of work in a parolee's life.
Our findings also show how
employment provides opportunities for offenders to self-construct and
articulate new identities.
Purchase full article at: http://goo.gl/5WfW42
By:
- 1University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia a.cherney@uq.edu.au.
- 2University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Screening for Partner Violence among Family Mediation Clients: Differentiating Types of Abuse
Family mediation is mandated
in Australia for couples in dispute over separation and parenting as a first
step in dispute resolution, except where there is a history of intimate partner
violence. However, validation of effective well-differentiated partner violence
screening instruments suitable for mediation settings is at an early phase of
development.
This study contributes to calls for better violence screening instruments in the mediation context to detect a differentiated range of abusive behaviors by examining the reliability and validity of both established scales, and newly developed scales that measured intimate partner violence by partner and by self.
The study also aimed to examine relationships between types of abuse, and between gender and types of abuse. A third aim was to examine associations between types of abuse and other relationship indicators such as acrimony and parenting alliance. The data reported here are part of a larger mixed method, naturalistic longitudinal study of clients attending nine family mediation centers in Victoria, Australia.
The current analyses on baseline cross-sectional screening data confirmed the reliability of three subscales of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), and the reliability and validity of three new scales measuring intimidation, controlling and jealous behavior, and financial control. Most clients disclosed a history of at least one type of violence by partner: 95% reported psychological aggression, 72% controlling and jealous behavior, 50% financial control, and 35% physical assault. Higher rates of abuse perpetration were reported by partner versus by self, and gender differences were identified. There were strong associations between certain patterns of psychologically abusive behavior and both acrimony and parenting alliance.
The implications for family mediation services and future research are discussed.
This study contributes to calls for better violence screening instruments in the mediation context to detect a differentiated range of abusive behaviors by examining the reliability and validity of both established scales, and newly developed scales that measured intimate partner violence by partner and by self.
The study also aimed to examine relationships between types of abuse, and between gender and types of abuse. A third aim was to examine associations between types of abuse and other relationship indicators such as acrimony and parenting alliance. The data reported here are part of a larger mixed method, naturalistic longitudinal study of clients attending nine family mediation centers in Victoria, Australia.
The current analyses on baseline cross-sectional screening data confirmed the reliability of three subscales of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), and the reliability and validity of three new scales measuring intimidation, controlling and jealous behavior, and financial control. Most clients disclosed a history of at least one type of violence by partner: 95% reported psychological aggression, 72% controlling and jealous behavior, 50% financial control, and 35% physical assault. Higher rates of abuse perpetration were reported by partner versus by self, and gender differences were identified. There were strong associations between certain patterns of psychologically abusive behavior and both acrimony and parenting alliance.
The implications for family mediation services and future research are discussed.
Purchase full article at: http://goo.gl/UToaLR
- 1Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- 2La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- 3Relationships Australia, Melbourne, Australia
- Helen Cleak, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland 7000, Australia. Email: helen.cleak@qut.edu.au
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