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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.
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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TL;DR: This article found that inmates who receive visits while incarcerated are less likely to recidivate upon release, especially when visits are from spouses and occur frequently throughout incarceration, and that absence of spouse visits increased recidivism.
Abstract: Studies find inmates who receive visits while incarcerated are less likely to recidivate upon release, especially when visits are from spouses and occur frequently throughout incarceration. Absent ...
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...Petersilia (2003) suggests that family members and other close social networks are critical in assisting released offenders with finding housing and employment, accessing public assistance, and navigating other practical and legal barriers....
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TL;DR: In this paper, a profile of how paroling authorities are organized, how their members are appointed, and the work experience, training, and credential requirements that underpin the appointment process is discussed.
Abstract: The use of discretionary decision making in parole has been the subject of much criticism over the past three decades. Whether it is either discretionary decision making per se or the context within which such decisions are made that is problematic is unknown. This article captures a profile of how paroling authorities are organized, how their members are appointed, and the work experience, training, and credential requirements that underpin the appointment process. The importance of the relationship between professionalism and discretionary decision making is discussed. Recommendations are made for future studies addressing the relationship between professional qualifications of paroling authority members and parole outcomes.
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...Notorious political events coupled with the shifting sands of political ideol ogy from liberal to conservative and then back again have often driven changes in parole systems in America, their abolition, and even their rein statement (Burke, 1995; Petersilia, 2003)....
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...Notorious political events coupled with the shifting sands of political ideol ogy from liberal to conservative and then back again have often driven changes in parole systems in America, their abolition, and even their rein statement (Burke, 1995; Petersilia, 2003)....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how a group of men negotiate the social problems that postindustrial racial, class, and gender hierarchies create in a Brooklyn boxing gym, and argue that neoliberal ideology at the structural level is rearticulated as critical discourse in the gym; context shifts meaning.
Abstract: This article examines how a group of men negotiate the social problems that postindustrial racial, class, and gender hierarchies create. In a Brooklyn boxing gym, trainers coach amateur fighters inside and outside the ring. In the ring, trainers prepare amateurs for competition and help them develop masculine identities. Outside the ring, trainers provide forms of social support. As trainers engage these practices, they negotiate a discursive tension. When they work with boxers, trainers use discourses espousing individualism and personal responsibility. And yet, when talking about the motivation for their work, trainers utilize discourses critiquing systemic inequality and anti-black racism. This article analyzes the presence of these apparently contradictory discourses. I argue that neoliberal ideology at the structural level is rearticulated as critical discourse in the gym; context shifts meaning.
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...Longer sentences than ever before were imposed, and the number of non-violent acts considered criminal expanded, which increased the prison population, even as crime rates dropped (Petersilia, 2003)....
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...As part of ‘tough on crime’ policies, people were incarcerated for more crimes and for longer periods of time than ever before (Garland, 2001; Petersilia, 2003)....
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TL;DR: The Handbook of Punishment and Society for SAGE Publications as discussed by the authors is a good example of such a book, but it was ourselves whom we needed to convince that this was the right time for such an intervention before we could commit our own time and more importantly our ever diminishing social capital in order to import colleagues to commit their time.
Abstract: Does the academy need another Handbook? Encyclopedia? Dictionary? Or whatever other form of authoritative narrative you prefer? As occasional contributors to such enterprises, we have brought some serious scepticism to these questions as we have contemplated developing this Handbook of Punishment and Society for SAGE Publications. The publishers were keen, persuasive and clearly capable. It was ourselves whom we needed to convince that this was the right time for such an intervention before we could commit our own time and more importantly our ever diminishing social capital in order to importune colleagues to commit their time. Why then is a Handbook of Punishment and Society a worthwhile project now?
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01 Sep 2017
TL;DR: Decades of evidence supports opioid agonist therapy as a highly effective treatment that improves clinical outcomes and reduces illicit opioid use, overdose death, and cost, yet few incarcerated persons receive this evidence-based treatment.
Abstract: Although effective, opioid agonist therapy is associated with stigma and thus underutilized for treatment of opioid use disorder in incarcerated settings.
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