Publicaties

This study investigated reading and writing difficulties, as well as attention deficit or hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among female prisoners in Belgium and Norway. While learning difficulties and ADHD are prevalent in prison populations, research focusing on females is rather limited. A cross-sectional survey design (N = 101) was used to assess the prevalence of self-reported literacy challenges and symptoms of ADHD, as well as their ...

Civic engagement is increasingly relevant for healthy and active ageing and addressing social exclusion among older people. Current research focuses primarily on formal volunteering, overlooking other ways older people contribute to their families and communities. This study addresses these gaps by recognising civic engagement as multi-dimensional – including associational engagement, informal care-giving, formal volunteering, digital engagement ...

Within prisons and in recent research surrounding them, more and more attention is being paid to opportunities for active citizenship by incarcerated people. This implies that there is a greater recognition of the ability of incarcerated people to participate in and contribute to everyday life while in prison. For many incarcerated people, education is a critical gateway to opportunity. While many educators in prison dedicate themselves to ...

This chapter critically examines the use of a realist lens to study participatory music programmes in prisons, and, more specifically, the questions how, why, for whom, and under which circumstances music programmes work. Due to its method neutrality (i.e., combining different data collection methods), it aims to test and refine theory, and use of ontological depth (i.e., looking at the different layers that encompass a reality), this ...

In 2018 heeft bijna 45% van de gedetineerdenpopulatie een niet-Belgische nationaliteit.1 Ondanks dit aanzienlijk aandeel bleef aandacht voor de participatie aan gevangenisactiviteiten van deze groep eerder beperkt in onderzoek, beleid en praktijk. Als reactie op deze onderzoeksleemte startte in 2017 het doctoraatsonderzoek van Flore Croux in kader van het FIP2-project over de participatie van niet-Belgische gedetineerden aan ...

This scoping review investigated foreign national and ethnic minority prisoners’ participation in formally organized occupations (prison activities) such as active citizenship, healthcare and treatment, leisure time, and reintegration occupations. It aimed to: (1) map available studies on both groups of prisoners’ participation in these occupations within prisons, and (2) evaluate existing research topics on participation and types of ...

To gain insight into the educational opportunities for European foreign national prisoners, an online survey was distributed among educational providers and prison managers (N = 108). The results demonstrate that courses for learning domestic languages are most frequently offered. Other educational courses mostly relate to primary education and psychosocial courses. Based on the online survey, four organizations are investigated in depth to gain ...

Aangezien de interesse vanuit de Vlaamse praktijk in actief burgerschap van gedetineerden sterk groeiende is, wil deze bijdrage een inspiratieoverzicht bieden van wat we verstaan onder actief burgerschap en hoe dit vorm krijgt binnen een gevangeniscontext. In de literatuur worden deze vormen van actief burgerschap ingedeeld aan de hand van de participatiepiramide. Daarnaast bestaat er ook een thematische indeling en wordt een onderscheid gemaakt ...