1. Considering some of the methodological dimensions of prison health research Professor Rosie Meek r.meek@royalholloway.ac.uk @DrRosieMeek

2. Methodological issue 1: Consider your populations

3. USA743 South AfricaSouth Africa316 BrazilBrazil253 Czech RepublicCzech Republic218 PolandPoland213 Jersey206 LibyaLibya203 MexicoMexico200 New ZealandNew Zealand199 JamaicaJamaica174 SamoaSamoa168 TurkeyTurkey168 SerbiaSerbia164 HungaryHungary163 England & WalesEngland & Wales156 Contrasting rates of imprisonment around the world… Some of the highest (per 100,000 of the population)

4. IrelandIreland99 BelgiumBelgium97 NetherlandsNetherlands94 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland92 GermanyGermany87 SwitzerlandSwitzerland79 SwedenSweden78 DenmarkDenmark74 NorwayNorway73 IcelandIceland60 FinlandFinland59 JapanJapan58 Contrasting rates of imprisonment around the world… Some of the lowest (per 100,000 of the population)

5. Young Adult Prisoners 18-24 year olds account for 1/10 of the UK population but 1/3 of prison and probation populations 58% reoffend within a year of release from custody Need for innovative and effective ways of engaging with young prisoners, particularly those who are not engaging with or responding to other prison-based interventions 5

6. Methodological issue 2: Consider your policy context

7. Reducing re-offending ‘pathways’: 1.Health 2.Drugs and alcohol 3.Accommodation 4.Education, employment and training 5.Finance, debt and benefit 6.Children and families 7.Attitudes, thinking and behaviour Reducing Re-offending National Action Plan (Home Office, 2004)

8. In order to maintain a successful abstinence from crime, ex- prisoners need to ‘make sense’ of their lives as non-offenders The acquisition of something valued which promotes a re- evaluation of the sense of self A way of living that is inconsistent with continued offending Marks a shift to strength based approaches Q: How can we best promote ‘shifts of identity’ away from that of being an offender? Desistance (Maruna, 2000)

9. Methodological issue 3: Consider your ‘hook’ for change

12. Methodological issue 4: Critique levels of access

13. Prisoner participation levels (PPL) in PE across the prison estate (Criminal Justice Matters, 2012)

15. Sociology & Criminology Open Day Talk BSc Criminology and Sociology & BSc Criminology and Psychology LLB Law MSc Forensic Psychology @DrRosieMeek www.royalholloway.ac.uk/law