Reexamining Reentry - The Policies, People, and Programs of the United States Prisoner

Informationen zum Autor Rolanda J. West is justice studies lecturer at Northeastern Illinois University and executive director of the Alternative Education Research Institute. Klappentext This book analyzes current trends in prisoner reentry programs while focusing on the populations those programs are meant to serve. By providing formerly incarcerated populations with empowerment programming designed to build and redirect their social identity in a positive way, the reintegration process has a better chance of being successful. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes current trends in prisoner reentry programs while focusing on the populations those programs are meant to serve. By providing formerly incarcerated populations with empowerment programming designed to build and redirect their social identity in a positive way! the reintegration process has a better chance of being successful. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Kaia Niambi ShiversChapter 1: What is Prisoner Reentry? An Analysis of Prisoner Reentry Policies, Systems, and IndustriesChapter 2: Reentry Programs: A Review of Prisoner Reintegration Programs and ServicesChapter 3: MethodsChapter 4: Federal Crimes and the Question of White-Collar ReentryChapter 5: Incarceration, Reentry, and the Effects on the American FamilyChapter 6: Minority Youth in the Criminal Justice System, Imani West-AbdallahChapter 7: Understanding Religious Conversions in the Prison System and ReentryChapter 8: The Criminalization of LGBTQ Populations and the Lack of Inclusive Reentry Practices, Imani West-AbdallahChapter 9: A Case for Empowerment Reintegration ProgramsChapter 10: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Rolanda J West, Rolanda J. West, West Rolanda J.
• Assisted by: Shivers Kaia Niambi (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780739192023
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9202-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Penology and punishment, Central / national / federal government policies, Penology & punishment, Central government policies