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💥PhD researcher @ Strathclyde University 💥Reconnect(care after custody) ⭐️Dad in Recovery
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · Dec 6
New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read)

Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it

We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · Jan 13
“Desistance Habitus” 🤔

A metric that’s missing when we talk about this stuff…your ability to connect, gain legitimacy and trust as a peer worker, is often a reflection of your ability to be able to do that same stuff in a street/prison setting!

Good to see from Andi Brierley and David Best 👊🏼
Desistance habitus: Strategically Using experience in practice - Andi Brierley, David Best, 2025
This article introduces the forward-thinking concept of desistance habitus. The analysis and approach are situated within an auto-ethnographical embodied inside...
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Dr Danica Darley @danicadarley.bsky.social · Dec 20
One of the best parts of my job is being part of this supportive, uplifting community. Team Zine is awesome and I’m so glad our work is out there to share with others.
drswaite.bsky.social Dr Sarah Waite @drswaite.bsky.social · Dec 20
Very pleased to be able to share this paper, a true team effort! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Wulf Livingston @drwulf.bsky.social · Dec 17
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I lived reading this, it is a great capture of this all too familiar tale. Just substitute CJS and Rehabilitation for Alchol and Drug Treatment provision and the narrative holds true.
The rehabilitation industry: Lived experience and performance - Andrew Brierley, Max Dennehy, 2024
We approach this essay through a unique observation of being on both sides of the criminal justice system as prisoners and drugs addicts to transitioning into p...
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · Dec 8
Thanks Mary. I’m really pleased it resonates - I think it’s not a million miles away from some of the idea of the ‘penal drift’.
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The Longford Trust @longfordtrust.bsky.social · Nov 26
Please meet our new Longford Ambassadors
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · Dec 6
New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read)

Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it

We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
urldefense.com
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · Dec 6
Hi Hannah. Is there any chance you could add me to the list please? (If your not inundated with requests 😬)
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · Dec 5
Giving Blue-Sky a go.

Follow me for a jumble of posts loosely related to issues around: prison and punishment, resettlement and community, desistance and recovery
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