Posted: January 24th, 2023

re-entering society db

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Dear Students,

Please review the Davis et. al. article. What are barriers that offenders released from a correctional institution face when re-entering society? What are the six factors that offenders in the study identified as having influenced their ability to successfully reintegrate into society? Given these barriers and given these factors, what pre-release planning and treatment would you put into place so that this transition can be successful?

reading

• Cloyes, K. G., Wong, B., Latimer, S., Abarca, J. (2010). Time to prison return for offenders with serious mental illness released from prison. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 37(2), 175-187.
• Davis, C., Bahr, S. J., & Ward, C. (2012). The process of offender reintegration: Perceptions of what helps prisoners reenter society. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 13(4), 446-469.
• Gill, C., & Wilson, D. B. (2017). Improving the success of reentry programs. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 44(3), 336-359.
• Lowder, E. M., Desmarais, S. L., Rade, C. B., Coffey, T., & Van Dorn, R. A. (2017). Models of protection against recidivism in justice-involved adults with mental illnesses. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 44(7), 893-911.
• Sadeh, N., & McNiel, D. E. (2014). Posttraumatic stress disorder increases risk of criminal recidivism among justice-involved persons with mental disorders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 42(6), 573-586.
• Walters, G. D. (2014). Recidivism and the “worst of both worlds” hypothesis. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 42(4), 435-451.