United Kingdom: The Violent Military Veteran Offender in the Criminal Justice System: Desisting from Crime or Desisting from Military Experience?

Moorhead, Justin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30829-2_7

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“…A growing body of research suggests the news media afford audiences a narrow representation of military veterans, such that veterans are heroes who were harmed by their service in the Armed Forces (e.g., Rhidenour et al, 2019; Wilbur, 2016). Beyond the United States, researchers have documented variations of the “victimized hero” trope in news content from the United Kingdom (Moorhead, 2019; Phillips et al, 2020), Canada (Whitley & Carmichael, 2021), and other countries. A proportion of military veterans do indeed experience trauma during service, at times drastically altering their own lives and the lives of their families.…”

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U.S. Veterans and Civilians Describe Military News Coverage as Mediocre, Think Stories Affect Others More Than Themselves

Parrott

Albright

Eckhart

et al. 2022

Armed Forces & Society

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The news media often portray military veterans in stereotypical ways, providing audiences narrow representations in which veterans are traumatized heroes. What happens when a veteran sees these storylines and assumes they affect how the public thinks about veterans? This question informs this study, which used a two-prong approach (online, telephone) to survey 1,047 American adults about news media and veterans. Respondents, including veterans and civilians, were asked to recall news stories about veterans, assess the quality of news coverage of veterans, and offer opinions concerning whether news coverage affects themselves and other people. When respondents could recall a news story about veterans, they described stereotypical stories related to victimization/harm, heroism, charity/social support, mental illness, and violence. Respondents, both civilian and veteran, described news coverage as mediocre and felt the news affects other people more than themselves.

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U.S. Veterans and Civilians Describe Military News Coverage as Mediocre, Think Stories Affect Others More Than Themselves

Parrott

Albright

Eckhart

et al. 2022

Armed Forces & Society

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“…Since 2008, an increase in research around veteran criminality has taken place (HLPR, 2011;Kelly, 2014;MacManus et al, 2013;Moorhead, 2019;Murray, 2013;Wainwright et al, 2016). This, coupled with a sparse, pre-existing literature, aligned with a broader, international literature, primarily emanating from America, has contributed to something of an informed evidence base.…”

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‘A veteran space’: A Military Integrated Nested Ecological Model to understand offending

Moorhead

2020

Probation Journal

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In recent years there has been an increased focus on military veterans as a distinct population within the criminal justice system. The prevalence and nature of offending, alongside the mental health concerns of this group have dominated existing research, bringing us closer to an informed evidence base. Yet, it is widely acknowledged that more research and insight into the complexity of the lived experience of this population is required. In response, this article proposes a ‘Military Integrated Nested Ecological Model’ (MINEM) as a useful analytical tool for those working with, supporting or researching military veterans post-conviction. In order to better understand the veteran offender, one must first understand the individual, familial, societal, and cultural spaces which they have experienced. Such insight into the veteran’s life course, across these ‘ecological spaces’, offers a framework to plot the life journey of the veteran, articulating the various risk and need factors therein. Ultimately, such an approach culminates in the realisation of the ‘veteran space’, or a representation of the complex and unique lived experience of veterans within the criminal justice system. To accompany this, the article will use alcohol-related domestic abuse, specifically intimate partner violence, as a case study to highlight issues specific to this offence and this population.

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“…The authors begin this paper by highlighting that most individuals (86%) leaving the Armed Forces transition into civilian life without difficulty and obtain employment which consequently allows for a positive contribution to society (Lord Ashcroft, 2014 ; Mottershead, 2019 ; Mottershead & Alonaizi, 2021 ). This paper explores the lived experiences of military veterans and themes that have become prominent features within the landscape of their life stories.…”

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“…The life stories initially collected by the lead author provide insight into the veteran’s personal accounts of the impact of stigma and shame and the harm that is caused by the transitional friction encountered by the veteran and their family in being labelled as an offender that holds negative connotations to self-image and contrasts to having previously been identified as soldiers, sailors, or aircrews. In the study by Mottershead (2019) , the life stories of the participants indicated that there was evidence that for some veterans, their life story trajectory found a sub-group to become segregated and isolated from a familiar veteran identity with few resources to survive the transition to a civilian life and new civilian identity. This exploratory qualitative study provides emancipatory evidence of the health and self of coherence and the impact of entering the criminal justice system (CJS) as offenders.…”

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“… Leichtentritt and Arad (2005) explained that by using life stories, there is the potential to explore the social, emotional, interpersonal, health, accommodation, educational, and employment factors that have affected the life choices of veterans. In exploring the human element in the veterans account, the life story may prove invaluable in limiting the “us versus them” dichotomy between veterans having a dependency as opposed to them being perceived as positive contributors and protectors of national interests ( Williams, 2006 ; Mottershead, 2019 ). This is supported by Bochner (2015) and directed this study to include life story research to allow this methodology to empower participants to make sense of their lives.…”

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Salutogenesis: A sense of coherence and health among British military veterans exposed to impactful life challenges - the emergence of post-traumatic growth and positive deviance within a life-story approach

Mottershead,

Subu,

Al-Yateem

et al. 2024

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Background This study sought to capture the perspectives and experiences of two sub-groups of military veterans, namely those who had previously been identified as offenders and those employed as practitioners within the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. Methods The lead author undertook narrative inquiry in the form of life story research. The life stories of 17 in-depth interviews were conducted across England and Wales, allowing for insight into the lived experiences of two life story trajectories of the health of military veterans. Existing literature on salutogenesis, health, post-traumatic growth, and positive deviance has also been investigated. Results Life story interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed concurrently using thematic analysis to identify emergent themes. The researchers used thematic analysis as an analytical framework to allow descriptive themes from the literature on salutogenesis, health, post-traumatic, and positive deviance to be compared with those of life-story interviews. Conclusion The study adopts a salutogenic approach, which suggests that an important indicator for a sense of coherence is enabled through the positive utilization of resilience through the reconstruction of military identity and experience. Notably, the concept of salutogenesis demonstrates the ability to draw from internal and external resources as circumstances require, to survive, and because of this, the participants’ health is maintained or improved. Hence, adaptation was notable through the coherence identified by the identity of being a veteran noted between the two subgroups and represents a continuous and dynamic process. The study suggests that the development of a sense of coherence is not restricted to the early decades of life but is a continuous process as contexts, personal circumstances, and opportunities arise. This later point is realized through the presence of post-traumatic growth and positive deviance, as they aid in the nurturing and development of a renewed sense of coherence via the known identity of military service and life.

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United Kingdom: The Violent Military Veteran Offender in the Criminal Justice System: Desisting from Crime or Desisting from Military Experience?

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

U.S. Veterans and Civilians Describe Military News Coverage as Mediocre, Think Stories Affect Others More Than Themselves

U.S. Veterans and Civilians Describe Military News Coverage as Mediocre, Think Stories Affect Others More Than Themselves

‘A veteran space’: A Military Integrated Nested Ecological Model to understand offending

Salutogenesis: A sense of coherence and health among British military veterans exposed to impactful life challenges - the emergence of post-traumatic growth and positive deviance within a life-story approach

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