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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"ex-offender"”.
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Picture Perfect: Predicting the Model Ex-Offender
… latter goal has encouraged a renewed interest in offender reentry and reintegration. There are a multitude of reasons why offenders find themselves back in the criminal justice system; however, by identifying these issues, appropriate measures can be taken to reduce recidivism. This research uses …
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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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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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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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An Examination of the Social Factors Determining Successful Training Performance of Participants in Ex-Offender Manpower Programs: A Model for Predicting School Behavior
… the training performance of participants in ex-offender manpower training programs. A model for predicting social behavior developed by Triandis (1971, 1977) provided the theoretical framework for the study. Operationalization of the components in Triandis' model related measures used by …
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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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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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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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Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSAs): Their use and development for young people with learning disabilities who exhibit sexually harmful behaviour in England
… of Support and Accountability (CoSA) is an offender support model associated with high risk adult sex offenders after release from prison. It works by establishing a supportive social network of community volunteers who assist the ex-offender (core member) with reintegration and his/her …
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Mapping The Offender Health Pathway: Challenges and Opportunities for Support Through Community Nursing
The current context of offender health in England and Wales indicates that offenders re-enter their communities with limited pre-release preparation for the continuity of access to healthcare and an increased risk of release with a health condition and very little support to cope in the community. …
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The oxford house model: A pathway to empowerment of women
… has been utilized in many different contexts and with various populations. Previous research and theory on empowerment emphasized developing empowerment based interventions for underserved and overlooked population. Two populations that could benefit from an empowerment intervention are …
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Prison, Race and Space: The Impact of Incarceration on Career Trajectories and Labor Market Outcomes
There are a number of reasons to expect that incarceration will have long-term, negative consequences for economic/labor market success, and that the consequences may be especially acute for minority ex-offenders. This study replicates and extends Bruce Western's research on the impact of …
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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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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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Beyond behavior: An intersectional analysis of the impact of sexual networks, segregation, and incarceration on disparities in STDs
There are approximately 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States every year (Satterwhite et al., 2008).. Although the entire society is encumbered by the economic impact of STDs, the burden of these diseases is not equally borne along racial and gender …