Full Description
Through qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated veterans, this book focuses on the lived experiences, and behaviors associated with the incarceration of veterans. Guided by the life-course perspective, the authors have identified novel turning-point behaviors linked with incarceration. They provide an in-depth and nuanced understanding of veteran incarceration, blend veteran-centric behaviors with known incarceration factors (i.e., substance use and mental health disorders), and provide a glimpse into how these behaviors interact with other known factors (i.e., homelessness and unemployment). Understanding veterans' lived experiences with incarceration can provide policymakers and practitioners with the foundation for disrupting the incarceration cycle and positively impacting mental health and substance use problems, homelessness, and unemployment. The authors discuss social and health policy implications and provide recommendations on future research on veteran populations. This volume is enlightening and inspiring for researchers and scholars in public health, social work, and sociology/criminal justice programs, as well as all policymakers and practitioners concerned with veterans' adjustment to civilian life.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Personal Impact of Incarceration
Chapter 2: Contributors to Veteran Incarceration
Chapter 3: The Need to Incorporate Lived Experiences
Chapter 4: Veteran Identity, Treatment Seeking, and Service Provision
Chapter 5: Trajectories and Transitions and How They Guide Our Understanding of Veteran Incarceration Experiences
Chapter 6: Building Dialogue and Trust Around Veteran Lived Experiences
Chapter 7: Turning Points in Veterans' Pathways to Incarceration
Chapter 8: Perceptions of Choice and Control Among PostIncarcerated Veterans
Chapter 9: Negative Service Experiences and Veterans' Pathways to Incarceration
Chapter 10: Self-Care Concept Formation and Incarceration Risks: Self-Medicating as Coping Behavior
Chapter 11: Negative Life Events as Incarceration Turning Points
Chapter 12: Veteran Identity, Incarceration Pathways, and Implications for Policy, Practice, and Evaluation
