Browsing by Author "Williams, DJ"
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Item Open Access Offender Gambling Behavior and Risk during the Re-Entry Process(Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2010-07) Williams, DJThis report provides quantitative information on offender gambling behavior according to the Visher and Travis’s (2003) stages of correctional process. A group of 64 male, mostly Caucasian, adult probationers and parolees at a Utah community correctional center (halfway house) voluntarily completed two brief questionnaires to assess their gambling behaviors. All participants had been incarcerated in jail or prison for at least six months prior to their current placement. The sample represented individuals who had been convicted of various crimes, including sexual offenses, substance abuse, violence, and property crimes (participants were not subdivided according to crime categories for this report).Item Open Access Offender Gambling in Prisons and Jails: Is it Hidden Leisure Experience?(Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2008-07) Williams, DJAlthough researchers have explored relationships of gambling to crime and problem gambling rates among offenders, surprisingly there has been very little study of gambling that occurs within correctional environments. In other words, research on offender gambling has focused almost solely on behaviors prior to incarceration. Gambling within jails and prisons is difficult to study because of its prohibition and offenders may fear the implications or consequences of disclosing such information.