عنوان

Ex-military personnel in the criminal justice system :

Number

TLets798300

Title Proper

Ex-military personnel in the criminal justice system :

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Moorhead, J.

Title Proper by Another Author

an exploration of the violence committed across the military life course and the role of alcohol within this violence

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Millings, M. ; Murray, E. ; Sumnall, H.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Liverpool John Moores University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

Liverpool John Moores University

Text preceding or following the note

2019

Text of Note

This research has qualitatively engaged with military veterans within the criminal justice system of England and Wales who have been convicted of alcohol related violent offences. Deviating from a quantitative approach most commonly employed within the extant veteran-offender literature and employing a qualitative methodology has provided veteran participants, in custody and subject to probation intervention, with an opportunity to narrate their own experiences and understandings around both violence and alcohol use, as well as how these two areas have intersected, across the military life course. Central to this thesis is that the commission of domestic violence was the most common form of violence committed by the military veteran offender post transition. In light of this, a model to effectively engage with this population was proposed, namely The Military Informed Nested Ecological Model (MINEM). Developed from the Nested Ecological model proposed by Dutton (2006), the MINEM represents an analytical tool to engage with the domestically violent military veteran. Ultimately, a need to engage with and account for a military history when working with the domestically violent veteran within the criminal justice system was highlighted. Such a focus provides an opportunity to garner a deeper understanding around the nuanced risk and needs associated with this population, set against more common understandings of domestic violence within a civilian population, ultimately with a view to more effectively facilitate their desistance journey.

HM Sociology

HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

Moorhead, J.

Murray, E.

Sumnall, H.

Millings, M.

Liverpool John Moores University

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[Thesis]

276903

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