Notice bibliographique
F-Dufour, I., Livernoche, D., et Brunelle, N. (2024). Perspectives of Justice-Involved Young Adults on Interventions in Québec’s Correctional Institutions. Dans I. F-Dufour, N. Brunelle, R. Couture-Dubé, et D. Henry (dir.), Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)integration. Routledge.
Résumé
While the overall crime rate in the province of Québec (Canada) has decreased by 32% (approximately 3,000 per 100,000) over the past decade, the incarceration rate has increased by 12%. This could be explained, in part, by a backdoor sentencing effect (Travis & Fisher, 2005): imposing community sanctions, which come with conditions to be met, can lead to failure to comply which, in turn, can lead to incarceration. Young people appear to be particularly affected by this phenomenon (Tircher & Hébert, 2021). It could also be explained by the fact that young adult males are overrepresented in the prison population: they account for almost two-thirds of federal prisoners (61%) and more than half of provincial prisoners (58%), but represent only 17% of the adult population in Canada. However, many studies show that imprisonment has no effect on recidivism and can sometimes have iatrogenic effects (Piertrich et al., 2021). This chapter presents how justice-involved young adults aged 21 to 35 perceive the impact of interventions or services received during their incarceration on their process of desistance from crime. The results of a thematic analysis of qualitative interviews conducted with 30 people (71% men; mean age of 28) who had been imprisoned will be presented. Participants talked specifically about accessibility, transfers, instrumentalization of services as well as the usefulness and relevance of these services. Unmet needs and the most useful services are discussed, as are areas for improvement.
Publication du membre
Natacha BrunelleAppartenance aux volets
