NCJ Number
225741
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Dated: February 2009 Pages: 43-56
Date Published
February 2009
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study examined offenders’ perception of the continuum of treatment and supervision after release from prison.
Abstract
Findings show that the need for supervision after release and the perception of supervision in the community as part of a support network were identified by participants more than 58 times, creating 9 categories, which were about 33 percent of all extracted categories in this study. Extracted categories helped to focus on the need for further supervision and continuum of treatment, many times as part of the need for supervision. The conclusion of this study is that inmates should be directed before release, while still imprisoned, to available treatment and supervision options; more importantly, inmates must be introduced to the importance of such a continuum while pinpointing the risks that are threatening the reintegration process within the first year after release. Results indicate that the availability of formal social support mechanisms is highly important in the reintegration process. Continuous rehabilitation that fosters a continuum of treatment with community supervision is highly desirable and recommended. Data were collected from male inmates who participated in the Sharon prison program, a therapeutic community for drug abusing prisoners in the center of Israel between 1994 and 1997 and were eligible for parole after completing two thirds of their sentence. Notes and references