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1	A qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study exploring lived experiences of re-imprisoned women transitioning to the community Lawton, Donna Blair 05 May 2016 (has links) Women in the Province of Manitoba are discharged daily from provincial jails back to their communities after an interruption in their lives of anywhere from days to years. Many of these women cycle in and out of jail on a regular basis. This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the daily lifeworlds of re-imprisoned women during their return to the community. Twelve women (nine Aboriginal, three Caucasian) were interviewed. Analysis of the study themes using van Manen’s existentials: temporality, spatiality, relationality, and corporeality revealed the complex multi-systemic issues that affect women’s lived experiences. The essence of the women’s accounts provides some insight into how the role of intergenerational, personal trauma and accumulated trauma impacted their lived experiences and continues to do so when they re-enter the community. The opportunities and options that women had to make positive life changes were obscured by insidious barriers and challenges impairing their ability to avoid re-imprisonment. / May 2016 Temporality Trauma Imprisonment Incarcerated Marginalized women Corporeality Spatiality Relationally Women's pathways to jail Provinical jail, van Manen's existentials Heideggerian Hermeneutic Phenomenology