FEMALE OFFENDER - AFTER RELEASE WHERE (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CORRECTION - SEE NCJ-02840)

• NCJ Number: 10110
• Author(s): G NELSON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT ACA MEETING, CINCINNATI, OH, OCT 11-15, 1970

Annotation

THE ROLE OF HALFWAY HOUSES IN THE REORIENTATION OF FEMALE RELEASEES, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATES THE NEED FOR A VARIETY OF HALFWAY HOUSES BY RELATING CASE HISTORIES OF A FEW FEMALE RELEASEES WHOSE RE-ENTRY INTO SOCIETY HALFWAY HOUSES HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. IT IS ARGUED THAT SOME WOMEN NEED AND THRIVE UNDER GREATER CONTROL WHEREAS OTHERS CAN COPE WITH THEIR NEW FREEDOM IN A LESS REGIMENTED ENVIRONMENT. FOR SUCCESS THE HALFWAY HOUSE MUST BUILD A MULTIRACIAL, KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF SENSITIVE TO THE FEMALE EX-OFFENDERS, AND TO NEEDS AND RESOURCES OF THE COMMUNITY, IN WHICH THE HALFWAY HOUSE IS LOCATED.