But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
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...The ‘common wisdom’ about re-entry points to criminological theories of social control (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990; Laub & Sampson, 2003; Travis, 2005), theories of social disorganisation and strain (Agnew, 1992; Shaw & Mackay, 1969), desistance studies (Maruna,...
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...Re-entry studies break from the largely individualistic explanations for recidivism and have isolated elements in the environment such as the community (including family and social networks), health and social services, and the supervision organisation responsible for the person returning (Travis, 2005)....
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...Therefore children experiencing maternal incarceration receive no support and schemes involving children which is particularly important for female prisoners because they, more so than male prisoners, desire to be reunited with their children upon re-entry (Travis, 2005)....
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...Most of them are parents (Workman, 2005), and a significant number will reunite with their families/whānau (Travis, 2005)....
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...Finally, many prisoners’ work histories are characterized by job dismissals, periods of unemployment, and little job stability (Petersilia 2005; Travis 2005)....
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...Not surprisingly, given that most prisoners are eventually released (Travis 2005), this increase in prison incarceration has also meant that large numbers of individuals are leaving prisons and reentering their communities; currently, over 700,000 individuals are released from state and federal…...
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...This evidence stands to justify the literature previously mentioned by Pahl (1992, 2010), Kett (1977), and Travis (2005), among other scholars who all contend entire generation of youth who have no guidance in their attempts to make sense of their negative tendency....
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...…society and institutions is shrinking or becoming less and less possible is a well-documented argument (Pahl 1992, 2010; Kett 1977) and even an emerging trend in scholarly literature, particularly on the prison industrial complex (e.g., Travis 2005), and therefore need not be rehearsed at length....
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