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

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.

List of contents

Foreword, Kaia Niambi Shivers

Chapter 1: What is Prisoner Reentry? An Analysis of Prisoner Reentry Policies, Systems, and Industries

Chapter 2: Reentry Programs: A Review of Prisoner Reintegration Programs and Services

Chapter 3: Methods

Chapter 4: Federal Crimes and the Question of White-Collar Reentry

Chapter 5: Incarceration, Reentry, and the Effects on the American Family

Chapter 6: Minority Youth in the Criminal Justice System, Imani West-Abdallah

Chapter 7: Understanding Religious Conversions in the Prison System and Reentry

Chapter 8: The Criminalization of LGBTQ Populations and the Lack of Inclusive Reentry Practices, Imani West-Abdallah

Chapter 9: A Case for Empowerment Reintegration Programs

Chapter 10: Conclusion

About the author

Rolanda J. West is justice studies lecturer at Northeastern Illinois University and executive director of the Alternative Education Research Institute.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rolanda West, Rolanda J West, Rolanda J. West, West Rolanda J.
• Assisted by: Shivers Kaia Niambi (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781498549561
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4956-1
• 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