NCJ Number
247902
Journal
International Journal of Comparative Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Dated: August 2014 Pages: 235-256
Date Published
August 2014
Length
22 pages
Annotation
How to manage and reintegrate offenders released from prison is a vexing problem for governments.
Abstract
How to manage and reintegrate offenders released from prison is a vexing problem for governments. The challenge of reintegration has forced a pendulum shift in corrections toward a more social-psychological understanding of the nature of offender release, after decades of purely psychological paradigm dominance. This article explains how reentry problems and practice encompass the shift in a context of a risk-centric and averse public. New reentry models such as Circles of Support and Accountability demonstrate an approach to reentry that draws upon the tenets of restorative justice and desistance theories. Using qualitative data on reintegration within New Zealand, this article contributes to our understanding of the problems for correctional departments to facilitate reintegration in the context of risk managerialism, and theorizes about the dimensions and implications of "restorative reentry." Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor Francis.