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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Ex-offenders"”.
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Factors Influencing Attitudes Towards Ex-Offenders
… served their time. However, these released ex-offenders are 83% likely to re-offend if they are not able to reintegrate properly (Alper et al., 2018). The present research explored how various factors of ex-offenders and community observers could have an influence on attitudes towards …
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The Relative Importance of Selected Variables on the Employment Consistency of Virginia Ex-Offenders
… rise in the prison population, we must deter ex-offenders from re-offending and recidivating, once they have been released. For ex-offenders, finding employment is critical to successful post-release re-integration which can help reduce the chances of them recidivating. Ex-offenders who are …
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Swimming Against the Current: Understanding Employment Strategies and Barriers to Re-Entry for Black Male Ex-Offenders
The United States is experiencing the collateral consequences of mass incarceration policies in place since the 1990's. More than seven million people are under the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system in the US. The majority of the prisoners incarcerated during the 1990's with extended …
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Influences on the Reentry and Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders: A Case Study of First Step Recovery Homes
… are becoming increasingly concerned with ex-offenders return to mainstream society. The risk factors that influenced these individuals' crimes also impact their reentry following incarceration. Community-based therapeutic communities attempt to address these risk factors and facilitate the …
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Community Attitudes Toward Early-Release Offenders Under AB 109
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine community attitudes towards ex-offenders released in San Bernardino under AB 109 on subjects that would likely impact the ex-offender reintegration process. Past research has shown that a community’s willingness to employ and offer social support to …
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Unlocking Doors for the Locked-Out: How Can Community Colleges Help to Demolish Barriers, Build Bridges, and Transition Male Ex-Offenders into the Workforce
… annually. The purpose of this study was to explore (a) barriers that male ex-offenders encounter in their pursuit of entering the workforce and (b) various types of education and support services that community colleges could provide in order to assist this marginalized population in …
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The Rhetoric of Second Chance: The Invention of Ethos For An Ex-Offender
… construction. But for a marginalized group of ex-offenders, former prison inmates, who were not accustomed to reading and writing as an agent for character invention, the ability to employ literacy and to construct ethos was a challenging and almost unsuccessful attempt. I discuss in this …
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The experiences of ex-offenders living with a mental disorder within three to twelve months following discharge from psychiatric prison care in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study
… often under resourced, it is also reported that ex-offenders from correctional psychiatric institutions face a range of social, economic and personal challenges once released which often hamper their ability to live adaptive crime-free lifestyles. Although there is extensive literature on …
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Reentry roadblocks: investigating the unique reintegration challenges of rural offenders
… entails multifaceted challenges, with rural offenders experiencing even more unique obstacles. Factors such as limited employment opportunities, housing options, reliable transportation and prevalent substance use issues are significant obstacles that rural ex-offenders must navigate during …
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Employment of People with Criminal Records: An Exploratory Study of the State of Georgia
… are those repercussions which impact the ex-offender’s civil liberties after they are released from prison. Research has shown that ex-offenders who do not find gainful employment upon release from prison are more likely to return to prison than those who find gainful employment after they …
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A model of ex-offender reentry in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
… to those who went in to prisons, we must examine what happens to prisoners while they are incarcerated and how they return to society as ex-offenders. To that end, this thesis investigates the reentry model and reentry in practice in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Broadly defined, this …
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Out of the cell : exploring the framing of prisoner reentry in Illinois corrections policy
… from 1980 to 2004, the population of offenders incarcerated in state and federal prisons has increased almost five-fold from 315,974 to 1,494,216. As a result, 650,000 prisoners are released back into society each year, placing additional stress on already distressed communities. The …
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Individually Perceived Supports and Barriers to Successful Community Reentry After Serving a Prison Sentence
Many ex-offenders face a myriad of challenges to community re-entry after serving a prison sentence that may contribute to recidivism. This qualitative research study explored individually experienced supports and perceived barriers that contributed to a successful reentry experience, and how …
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Incarceration and Reintegration: How It Impacts Mental Health
… The survey was distributed to 88 male and female ex-offenders over the age of 18 who were no longer on probation or parole. Secondary data from United Way 211 and California State Reentry Initiative was collected to report current trends of supportive and/or rehabilitative services. Results: …
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When Audiences and Targets Collide: Towards a Relational View of Stigma in and Around Organizations
… organizations. To date, research in this context has focused on two overarching themes: First, it has examined how the targets of stigma respond to the pressures of social audiences by, for example, attempting to reduce their stigmatization. Second, it has investigated the flipside, namely how …
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Getting Out and Staying Out: A Study of Recidivism and Ex-Offender Employability in Springfield, Missouri
… data gathering and ethnography to study ex-offenders in Springfield, Missouri to answer two related questions: Does employment affect the recidivism rate? Does being an ex-offender affect employability? The findings revealed by this research show that employment has an effect on …
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Building a continuum of care through boundary spanning and organizational change : corrections and HIV/AIDS supported housing in Massachusetts
In the current context of federal devolution, practitioners in supported housing systems and other diverse organizational contexts increasingly face the challenge of fostering coordination and managing conflicts of values and perspectives within organizations tied together in networks. Such …
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Life Challenges Among Ex-Offenders:A Needs Assessment
<p> ABSTRACT</p> <p>This study explored the perceived needs of ex-offenders. Empirical research reports that individuals who have been incarcerated are at risk of recidivism. This study used a qualitative research design and the data was collected from in-depth interviews with ten participants. The …
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Transformative Arts Practices in the Criminal Justice System. The impact of human rights violations on identity amongst those previously incarcerated
… violations have on the identity of parolees and ex-offenders. It makes use of the Applied Theatre form, Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), and its practices of Image Theatre and Newspaper Theatre. These practices draw on lived experiences in the form of storytelling and poetry, based on metaphor and …
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