But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
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...Released prisoners pose a public safety risk and a public health risk to communities (Lynch & Sabol, 2001; Petersilia, 2000, 2001; Stoesen, 2004; Travis, 2005; Travis, Keegan, Cadora, Solomon, & Swartz, 2003)....
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..., 2019) during the difficult, and often emotionally taxing, process of reentry (Travis, 2005)....
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...At the same time, nearly every person who is incarcerated will eventually be released (Travis, 2005) and undergo the process of reentry into society....
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...We also control for levels of education as research shows education may influence important aspects of the reentry process (Travis, 2005)....
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...This form of social support is focused on the emotional side of reentry, and provides an atmosphere whereby the returning person experiences interpersonal social support (e.g., Mowen et al., 2019) during the difficult, and often emotionally taxing, process of reentry (Travis, 2005)....
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...…and employment, avoiding substances, encountering financial difficulties, and experiencing a lack of interpersonal relationships (Bahr et al., 2010; Martinez & Christian, 2009; Petersilia, 2003; Phillips, 2010; Travis, 2005; Visher & Courtney, 2007; Visher & Travis, 2003; Western et al., 2015)....
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...The interest in ex-offender rehabilitation and community re-entry has received almost unprecedented attention in Western Europe and the United States of America ever since Jeremy Travis reminded policy makers and proponents of mass incarceration that “they all come back” to the community (Travis 2005)....
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...As Travis (2005) notes such strengths based approaches serve to enable both policy makers, professionals and the offenders themselves to see prisoners or offenders as possessing strengths and assets which could be utilized by the community....
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...…interest in ex-offender rehabilitation and community re-entry has received almost unprecedented attention in Western Europe and the United States of America ever since Jeremy Travis reminded policy makers and proponents of mass incarceration that “they all come back” to the community (Travis 2005)....
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...Securing employment can be challenging for parolees, with some studies finding unemployment rates among parolees as high as 70% (Petersilia 2003; Travis 2005)....
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...Unemployment is a significant barrier that can hinder the successful reintegration of ex-offenders back into society (Meredith, Spier, and Johnson 2007; Petersilia 2003; Travis 2005)....
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...Prior studies examining the effects of unemployment on recidivism have focused largely on whether a parolee was able to obtain a job after release or whether a parolee was unemployed at the time of rearrest (Meredith, Speir, and Johnson 2007), whereas other studies have instead focused on the challenges parolees face in securing employment (Pager 2003; Travis 2005)....
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...One possibility would be to establish non-profit organizations tasked with serving as intermediaries (Pager 2006; Travis 2005) between employers and parolees....
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...…focused largely on whether a parolee was able to obtain a job after release or whether a parolee was unemployed at the time of rearrest (Meredith, Speir, and Johnson 2007), whereas other studies have instead focused on the challenges parolees face in securing employment (Pager 2003; Travis 2005)....
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