By Andrine Holtren,
London Metropolitan University.
This dissertation provides some new reflections on work-oriented rehabilitation and “aftercare” of offenders. Over the last 50 years, there has been a rise in the diversity of rehabilitation methods for ex-offenders. This research will explore two rehabilitation methods used in two contemporary organisations based in Skien, Norway. The organisations are helping people find new ways of life after prison and addiction. The two programs provide participants with skills such as carpentering, artistry, cooking, and personal skills such as self-expression. They also focus on being a drug-free escape and aid ex-offenders get back into work. This study uses data from 5 qualitative interviews with staff members from the two aforementioned organisations, exploring their personal experiences regarding the effectiveness of their work, and their views regarding their organisation’s future goals.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8348731
- Oct 7, 2023
Applying critical race theory to understand how structure, behaviour policy and institutional racism affect the disproportionate exclusion of Black Caribbean and Mixed Black Caribbean male students in a United Kingdom secondary school in Hackney.
By Kate Bonhote,
London Metropolitan University.
This dissertation examines the disproportionate exclusion of Black Caribbean and Mixed Black Caribbean male students in a secondary school case study in the diverse borough of Hackney. It uses critical race theory to centralise ‘race’ and to discredit the application of a deficit theory to the affected students and their communities. This research investigates the objective factors relating to discrimination in this topic. The focus is on the impact of structure, behaviour policy and institutional racism and how they affect the teacher-Black student dynamic. The study uses qualitative research to capture the teacher’s perspective and gain a deeper understanding through their professional knowledge and lived experience of the phenomena. The research found that inadequate resources and failure to correct racist structures undermine targeted policies.
This work received the 2023 JCJD Dissertation Prize.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8309671
- Oct 7, 2023
Underlying Recreational Drug Use within the Electronic Dance Music Scene in England.
By Jasmine Cavargna-Sani,
London Metropolitan University.
Raves and clubs have long been targeted as sites of excessive risk among health and law practitioners due to their relationship with dance drugs. Scholars who have also been interested in understanding drug use have focused on two contrasting traditions: the epidemiological tradition, which focuses on risk and protective factors of drug use, and the cultural studies tradition, which instead focuses on the pleasures and subjectivities of drug use, as well as its social context. Taking into account the perspective of cultural studies research and by including discourses around agency and risk management, this qualitative interview-based study explores drug use through the lived experience of the participants. This research has been specifically interested in the social context of underground raves and commercial nightclubs in England. This research adopts an appreciative approach which contrasts with official/government discourse and the epidemiological tradition. Indeed, this research portrays drug use as a meaningful and rational activity based upon discourses of risk management and pleasure.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8373010