The Limit Criminal Sanction

Movement between sequentially-held roles—role transition—has long attracted scholars’ attention for its ubiquity and importance in people’s work- and non-work lives. In our integrative review of 31... 

Transitioning the Study of Role Transitions: From an Attribute-Based to an Experience-Based Approach

As a key indicator of correctional performance, returns to custody are a topic of much empirical inquiry, yet there remains considerable debate regarding questions around who returns and why, as well as the factors that support or impede successful post-release outcomes. Research examining the post-release trajectories of federal releasees in the Canadian context, particularly in the case of women, is necessary to identify opportunities for more responsive case management practices. Drawing on the case files of 43 formerly-federally-incarcerated women referred to a day reporting centre in a large Canadian city, we explore the profiles of women who returned to federal custody from those who did not, considering factors related to demographics, personal history, specifically mental health and mental health needs, static risk and dynamic need. In general, we found that those who returned to custody tended to have more needs and more complex needs relative to non-returners. Notable differences were evident in relation to criminal history, reintegration potential, dynamic factor needs, the presence of a mental health condition, the presence of substance addiction and institutional adjustment (as measured by institutional charges and segregation placements). While not attempting to present causal relationships, we shed light on the case management needs of this particular group and identify areas in need of further inquiry.

/pdf/women-offenders-under-community-supervision-comparing-the-xcpazvnlun.pdf

Women Offenders Under Community Supervision: Comparing the Profiles of Returners and Non-Returners to Federal Prison.

Examining recidivism during reentry: Proposing a holistic model of health and wellbeing

Finding and securing employment is a huge challenge for those who have been released from prison In this paper, we argue that carbon capture technology carries the unique potential to positively i

Carbon Capture, Employment, and Coming Home from Prison

The present research examines the integration into employment of prisoners on parole who had been under the supervision of the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority during the period 2007-2010. The supervision program included rehabilitation in the community, with the emphasis on employment. The research compares integration in employment and rates of reincarceration for the supervised group with prisoners who had been released from prison after serving their full sentences. The findings indicate that among prisoners who had participated in the supervision program, there is better integration into employment, a higher wage level, and lower rate of reincarceration. Based on these results, it may be tentatively inferred that the supervision program possesses a high potential for reintegrating released prisoners into the community.

Work-Related Intervention Programs: Desistance From Criminality and Occupational Integration Among Released Prisoners on Parole.

It is difficult to find an injustice committed against the citizen by the state that is greater than the conviction of an innocent person. At this stage, it may be tentatively stated that the phenomenon is not insignificant. This theoretical article describes the various aspects of the criminal justice system associated with the undesirable outcome of wrongful convictions. The paper reviews a series of organizational and forensic aspects that could bring about a bias in investigation of the legal truth. Furthermore, a number of psychosocial aspects relating to wrongful convictions, followed by practical aspects are described and discussed. It appears that on the practical level the phenomenon cries out for changes in the law enforcement system (e.g. implementation of the US Innocence Project or the biometric databank) and the need for empirical investigation. It appears that there is still a long way to go before a full understanding can be obtained of wrongful convictions and their prevention. One way or another, the authors are of the opinion that greater academic and public importance should be assigned to the question of wrongful convictions and perhaps turn the issue of truth and falsehood in criminal law into a theoretical and research field in its own right.

/pdf/a-three-dimensional-perspective-on-wrongful-convictions-in-3qywys90ba.pdf

A Three-dimensional Perspective on Wrongful Convictions in Israel: Organizational-Forensic, Psychosocial and Practical

This study evaluates the impact of a student program for mentoring incarcerated persons. Mentoring has multiple goals for both incarcerated persons and mentors; this article focuses on its contributions to incarcerated persons. The program encourages incarcerated persons to think positively and constructively, apply anger management, and learn about the normative society they will enter. Twenty-one incarcerated persons participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews in this qualitative research. The findings show that the students eventually became significant others for the incarcerated persons, most of whom reported on forming excellent relations with the students, and learning to act more deliberately and less violently due to the students. They also described reducing their self-absorption, expanding their horizons, and better understanding their criminal choices. Some mentioned acquiring more structured worldviews and improving their behavior. The findings point to significant benefits gained from the incarcerated person–student interaction in the mentoring framework, and the importance of expanding the program.

Student Mentors of Incarcerated Persons: Contribution of a Mentoring Program for Incarcerated Persons

The aim of the present research is to examine the relationship between participation in the Enlightened Youth project for youths at risk and integration in employment at the end of the process, type of employment, dropout from school, and enlistment in the army. A database was prepared containing information on all the youths (499 in number) who were admitted to a multidisciplinary day Centre for Youths at Risk in Israel, of whom 86 participated in the project. To match a comparison group to the youths participating in the project, the propensity score matching method was operated. The research findings show a significant correlation between participation in the project and all the parameters examined, with implications regarding employment as a contributing factor among youths at risk, in terms of their personal lives, as well as financial and social well-being.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0306624X20923263

Does the Enlightened Youth Project See the Light? A New Enterprise for Youths at Risk.

This research examines how participation in the Israeli Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority supervised therapy program for paroled prisoners can reinforce Jewish and Arab prisoners’ locus of control given their cultural diversity. Research participants included 108 paroled prisoners who had taken part in the program during 2019 to 2020. The program appears to have made a positive contribution to participants’ locus of control, particularly among Jewish parolees. For Arab parolees, the program’s strongest contribution was alleviating their apprehensions about returning to prison. Possible Theoretical explanations are offered for this finding, by referring to the concept of “culture-sensitive care” and the potential contribution of a change in perspective regarding the process of ending delinquency. 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0306624X231172649

Ronit Peled-Laskov

Papers

Work-Related Intervention Programs: Desistance From Criminality and Occupational Integration Among Released Prisoners on Parole.

A Three-dimensional Perspective on Wrongful Convictions in Israel: Organizational-Forensic, Psychosocial and Practical

Student Mentors of Incarcerated Persons: Contribution of a Mentoring Program for Incarcerated Persons

Does the Enlightened Youth Project See the Light? A New Enterprise for Youths at Risk.

Locus of Control Among Arab and Jewish Israeli Parolees