Prisoner Reentry Programs

Jonson, Cheryl Lero; Cullen, Francis T.

doi:10.1086/681554

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“…Although it takes us beyond the scope of our analysis, the limited adverse impacts of parental incarceration identified here, when paired with a considerable body of studies that have identified substantively more serious consequences of parental incarceration, continue to underscore looming questions about punishment policies and how to minimize collateral harms of incarceration for families and children. As state and federal governments contemplate dramatic changes to how incarceration is used (Clear, 2015;Jonson & Cullen, 2015), scholars have emphasized that any policy that fails to consider unintended harms may actually undermine correctional goals of crime reduction and public safety (Wildeman & Western, 2010). General recommendations, such as decarceration, reduced sentences for drug offenders, and diversion of prison sentences to community sanctions, could potentially work to reduce collateral harms for families, but are unlikely to do so if they are not configured explicitly to reduce such harms.…”

Section: Implications For Theory Research and Policymentioning

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Social Exclusion and Parental Incarceration Impacts on Adolescents' Networks and School Engagement

Cochran

Siennick²,

Mears³

2018

J of Marriage and Family

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Although prior research links parental incarceration to deleterious outcomes for children over the life-course, few studies have examined whether such incarceration affects the social exclusion of children during adolescence. Drawing on several lines of scholarship, we examine whether adolescents with incarcerated parents have fewer or lower quality relationships, participate in more antisocial peer networks, and feel less integrated or engaged in school. The study applies propensity score matching to survey and network data from a national sample of youth. Analyses indicated that children with incarcerated parents have more antisocial peers; we found limited evidence, though, that parental incarceration adversely impacts peer networks and school integration domains. Generally, the results suggested that the impacts of parental incarceration on adolescents' social lives have less to do with isolation than with the types of peers adolescents befriend. Findings provide support for the idea that parental incarceration may adversely affect children's social exclusion.

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Section: Implications For Theory Research and Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Exclusion and Parental Incarceration Impacts on Adolescents' Networks and School Engagement

Cochran

Siennick²,

Mears³

2018

J of Marriage and Family

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“…One domain in which discrimination against ex-prisoners is especially prevalent and documented is employment (e.g., Flake, 2015;Freeman, 2008;Ogbozor et al, 2006;Salaam, 2013;Snider & Reysen, 2014). Employers are often reluctant to hire ex-prisoners, impeding job prospects after release from prison in both countries (Brown, 2016;Jonson & Cullen, 2015;Ogbozor et al, 2006;Salaam, 2013;Stafford, 2006). In an influential field experiment in the United States (Pager, 2003), job applications were sent to employers matched on all attributes except criminal history.…”

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Reducing Discrimination and Fostering Prosociality Towards Ex‐Prisoners in Nigeria and the United States

Schneider

Weber

2020

Journal of Social Issues

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Fair treatment and social acceptance are paramount to human well‐being, yet, society often withholds these crucial needs and discriminates against certain groups, including ex‐prisoners. Discrimination and lack of social support by the public reduces ex‐prisoners’ well‐being and threatens successful reintegration into society after release from prison, perpetuating conflict and impeding social justice. Identifying strategies to reduce discrimination against ex‐prisoners and to foster prosocial behaviors towards them is therefore of high relevance. Building on past evidence, we assess the viability of a values affirmation intervention given to members of the general public to reduce their discrimination against ex‐prisoners and to foster prosocial motivation towards them. Across two studies in two cultural contexts, Nigeria and the United States, we provide evidence that engaging in values affirmation can significantly reduce discriminatory behavioral tendencies, for instance in the employment sector, and motivate prosociality towards ex‐prisoners, such as supporting educational rehabilitation programs. These results point towards a potential avenue for shifting the public's discriminatory views and behavioral tendencies towards ex‐prisoners, in an effort to support reintegration and to further social justice.

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“…Subsequent surveys have shown a tenacity of belief in the rehabilitative ideal among the public (Applegate, Cullen, and Fisher, 1997;Cullen, Skovron, Scott, and Burton, 1990;Cullen et al, 2002). Indeed, the American citizenry has consistently shown support for a range of treatment-related policies and practices: rehabilitation as a core correctional goal, general statements favoring rehabilitation programs, community treatment alternatives, saving juveniles and at-risk youngsters, reentry services for prisoners returning to society, and prevention of crime as opposed to building prisons (for summaries, see Cullen et al, 2000;Jonson and Cullen, 2015;Jonson et al, 2013). These findings have proven to be robust across question type and level of specificity (Cullen et al, 2000).…”

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Rehabilitation in a Red State

Thielo

Cullen

Cohen

et al. 2015

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research Summary Based on a 2013 survey of 1,001 likely voters in Texas, public support for correctional reform in a “red state” was examined. Four major conclusions were revealed. First, the respondents displayed strong support for rehabilitation. Second, at least for nonviolent and/or drug offenders, the sample members showed a clear preference for the use of alternatives to incarceration as opposed to imprisonment. Third, when asked about a specific policy reform that used treatment rather than prison for nonviolent drug offenders, more than eight in ten Texans approved of the measure, and strong majorities endorsed various rationales for it. Fourth, with some minor variation, the respondents revealed substantial consensus across demographic groups in their embrace of rehabilitation and correctional reform. Policy Implications With the growth of mass imprisonment arguably at its end, the existence of strong public support for correctional reform even in the major red state of Texas, suggests that a new “sensibility” about crime control has taken hold. There is now an emergent national consensus that the overuse of incarceration is unsustainable and that low‐risk offenders no longer should be sanctioned with a prison sentence. The American public, in Texas and beyond, is willing to support a policy agenda that includes offender treatment, prison downsizing, and alternatives to incarceration. The challenge for elected officials is to take advantage of this ideological space and to pursue this agenda. Notably, politicians in Texas and in other red states are using this opportunity to implement correctional policy reforms. The data in this study indicate that they will face no public backlash and, if anything, will gain political capital for their efforts.

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Prisoner Reentry Programs

Cited by 102 publications

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Social Exclusion and Parental Incarceration Impacts on Adolescents' Networks and School Engagement

Social Exclusion and Parental Incarceration Impacts on Adolescents' Networks and School Engagement

Reducing Discrimination and Fostering Prosociality Towards Ex‐Prisoners in Nigeria and the United States

Rehabilitation in a Red State

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