When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry

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When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry

01 Jan 2003-

TL;DR: In this paper, a profile of returning prisoners is presented, along with a discussion of the changing nature of Parole Supervision and Services, and the role of the victim's role in prisoner reentry.

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Abstract: Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Who's Coming Home? A Profile of Returning Prisoners 3. The Origins and Evolution of Modern Parole 4. The Changing Nature of Parole Supervision and Services 5. How We Help: Preparing Inmates for Release 6. How We Hinder: Legal and Practical Barriers to Reintegration 7. Revolving Door Justice: Inmate Release and Recidivism 8. The Victim's Role in Prisoner Reentry 9. What to Do? Reforming Parole and Reentry Practices 10. Conclusions: When Punitive Policies Backfire Afterword

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Too early is too soon: lessons from the Montana Department of Corrections early release program

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Arizona State University¹, University of Central Florida²

01 Nov 2011-Criminology and public policy

TL;DR: In the face of teeming penitentiaries, alternative release procedures could and undoubtedly will be evolved. Yet these adaptations are likely to be hastily instituted and to create new inefficiencies and inequalities in the administration of justice as discussed by the authors.

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Abstract: Intheir seminal work,Reaffirming Rehabilitation, Cullen andGilbert (1982: 176) issued a warning that “in the face of teeming penitentiaries, alternative release procedures could and undoubtedly will be evolved. Yet these adaptations are likely to be hastily instituted and to create new inefficiencies and inequalities in the administration of justice.” Nearly three decades later, their premonition has proved to be correct as state correctional administrators have struggled in efforts to combat the “incompatible and powerful forces” (Cullen, Wright, and Applegate, 1996: 70) of underfunding and overcrowding (see, e.g., Lane, 1986). Indeed, by year-end 2009, 19 states and the federal government had prison systems operating at more than 100% of their highest inmate capacity with 27 operating at more than 100% of their lowest capacity (West, Sabol, andGreenman, 2010).1 Additionally, the current economic crisis has led to significant, across-the-board cuts in the seemingly untouchable sphere of state correctional budgets (Engel, Larivee, and Luedeman, 2009). The task, then, is for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to find ways to alleviate these strains without compromising the goals of corrections or the safety of the general public.

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‘Just’ punishment? Offenders’ views on the meaning and severity of punishment:

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Esther F. J. C. van Ginneken¹, David Hayes²•Institutions (2)

Leiden University¹, University of Sheffield²

01 Feb 2017-Criminology & Criminal Justice

TL;DR: In this paper, the subjective experiences of punishment are investigated and two primary conceptualizations of punishment were identified: punishment as deprivation of liberty and punishment as hard treatment, which has implications for the concept of retributive proportionality, as well as the function of punishment more generally.

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...…impacts of punishment on the offender and those around them is vast (Walker, 1991), and can continue long after the official length of a sentence, to the extent that they can pose significant challenges for attempts to reintegrate offenders into society (Petersilia, 2003; Visher et al., 2004)....
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Women on Parole, Identity Processes, and Primary Desistance:

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Rebecca Stone¹, Merry Morash², Marva V. Goodson², Sandi W. Smith², Jennifer E. Cobbina² - Show less +1 more•Institutions (2)

University of Massachusetts Lowell¹, Michigan State University²

01 Oct 2018-Feminist Criminology

TL;DR: This paper employed a prospective mixed-methods design to examine women parolees' identities early in their supervision and the association of their identity development at that point to their record of subsequent arrests.

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Abstract: The current study employs a prospective mixed-methods design to examine women parolees’ identities early in their supervision and the association of their identity development at that point to their record of subsequent arrests. Guided by narrative identity theory, we first conduct quantitative analysis of the relationship between redemption and contamination narratives and subsequent arrests. We then return to the qualitative interview data to search for additional explanatory themes that shed further light on women’s identity and desistance from crime. Results indicate that identity verification from parole officers and others increases women’s self-esteem and assists them in overcoming barriers to desistance.

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...However, if they challenge parolees’ claims to conventional identities, the realities of stigmatization and the structural limitations of parole can be barriers to identity change (Graffam, Shinkfield, Lavelle, & McPherson, 2004; LeBel, 2012; Petersilia, 2003)....
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...Connections to family and friends who provide instrumental and emotional support are especially important to women (Leverentz, 2006; O’Brien, 2001; Petersilia, 2003; Simons, Stewart, Gordon, Conger, & Elder, 2002; Van Voorhis, Salisbury, Wright, & Bauman, 2008)....
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The consequences of incarceration

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Michael Massoglia¹, Cody Warner¹•Institutions (1)

Pennsylvania State University¹

01 Aug 2011-Criminology and public policy

TL;DR: Wakefield and Wildeman as discussed by the authors found that children with an incarcerated father have higher levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors than children with a non-incarcerated parent.

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Abstract: The size of the penal system has grown so rapidly it now merits consideration alongside other key societal institutions. Consider that each year approximately as many men get out of prison as graduate college (National Center for Education Statistics, 2004), and that the number of people incarcerated (Glaze, 2010: 2) is roughly equivalent to the enrollment of all institutions that are classified as having high research activity (Snyder and Dillow, 2010: 326). Given this rapid and continued expansion of the “felon class” (Uggen, Manza, and Thompson, 2006), research on the consequences of incarceration is increasingly becoming a staple of sociological and criminological work, with a particular emphasis on the stratifying impact of the penal system. For instance, in the last 10 years, work has examined the impact of the penal system on a range of outcomes including wages (Western, 2002), health (Schnittker and John, 2007), infectious disease (Massoglia, 2008), childhood poverty (Wildeman, 2009), and political outcomes (Manza and Uggen, 2006). Wakefield and Wildeman (2011, this issue) make an important contribution to this literature. They find that children with an incarcerated father have higher levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Furthermore, they suggest that racial disparities in childhood behavioral problems are noticeably larger because of the huge risk of parental imprisonment for Black children. Two notable aspects are found in this research. First, it demonstrates the intergenerational effects of incarceration. In doing so, the authors advance research beyond the typical focus on offenders and their partners. Second, the authors

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Informal Helping Mechanisms: Conceptual Issues in Family Support of Reentry of Former Prisoners.

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Damian J. Martinez¹•Institutions (1)

University of Chicago¹

01 Oct 2006-Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

TL;DR: A review of the current reentry-family support discussion can be found in this article, where the authors focus on the family support for ex-convicts upon their release from prison.

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Abstract: Reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals into society is an experience that must be negotiated not only by the former prisoner, but also by many other actors. Research has examined the pre-prison experiences, the incarceration experiences, and the post-release behavior of former prisoners, focusing on how such experiences affect the socioeconomic and psychological stability and well-being of the family. This research has stimulated renewed and widespread interest in what to do with individuals once they have been released from prison. However, a major source of support for formerly incarcerated individuals upon releasenamely, the familyhas gone unresearched. Because many returning former prisoners have contacts with their families upon release, conceptual issues regarding family support must be considered before researchers' ideas about reentry-problem solutions can be evaluated. To inform and enlighten the former prisoner reentry-family support discussion, this article reviews the current st...

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...release; the type of post-release supervision; and other elements such as the activities and programming offered to former prisoners to prepare them for a productive and safe return to the community (Petersilia, 2003)....
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...…former prisoner reentry, refers to prisoners exiting prison and returning to society (Travis, Solomon, & Waul, 2001) and “includes all activities and programming conducted to prepare [former prisoners] to return safely to the community and to live as law-abiding citizens” (Petersilia, 2003, p. 3)....
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...In 2002, more than 600,000 individuals throughout the United States were released for return to the community (Petersilia, 2003), as contrasted Damian J....
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...Today, just over 25% of former prisoners have participated in in-prison vocational programs, with approximately one-third of all prisoners having been involved in educational programs (Petersilia, 2002, 2003)....
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...The problems posed by the recent decline in the availability and participation in such programs are further exacerbated by the fact that approximately 75% of prisoners have a history of substance abuse; of those who exit, less than one-third have received substance abuse services (Petersilia, 2003)....
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