Correctional Practitioners on Reentry: A Missed Perspective
Much of the literature on reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals revolves around discussions of failures they incur during reintegration or the identification of needs and challenges that they have during reentry from the perspective of community corrections officers. The present research fil...
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| description | Much of the literature on reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals revolves around discussions of failures they incur during reintegration or the identification of needs and challenges that they have during reentry from the perspective of community corrections officers. The present research fills a gap in the reentry literature by examining the needs and challenges of formerly incarcerated individuals and what makes for reentry success from the perspective of correctional practitioners (i.e., wardens and non-wardens). The views of correctional practitioners are important to understand the level of organizational commitment to reentry and the ways in which social distance between correctional professionals and their clients may impact reentry success. This research reports on the results from an email survey distributed to a national sample of correctional officials listed in the American Correctional Association, 2012 Directory. Specifically, correctional officials were asked to report on needs and challenges facing formerly incarcerated individuals, define success, identify factors related to successful reentry, recount success stories, and report what could be done to assist them in successful outcomes. Housing and employment were raised by wardens and corrections officials as important needs for successful reentry. Corrections officials adopted organizational and systems perspectives in their responses and had differing opinions about social distance. Policy implications are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9d01c4468674c42898cb7a368870d1a2022-12-21T20:17:14ZengVCU LibrariesJournal of Prison Education and Reentry2387-23062015-06-0121325410.15845/jper.v2i1.789504Correctional Practitioners on Reentry: A Missed PerspectiveElaine Gunnison0Jacqueline B. Helfgott1Cecilie Wilhelm2Seattle UniversitySeattle UniversitySeattle UniversityMuch of the literature on reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals revolves around discussions of failures they incur during reintegration or the identification of needs and challenges that they have during reentry from the perspective of community corrections officers. The present research fills a gap in the reentry literature by examining the needs and challenges of formerly incarcerated individuals and what makes for reentry success from the perspective of correctional practitioners (i.e., wardens and non-wardens). The views of correctional practitioners are important to understand the level of organizational commitment to reentry and the ways in which social distance between correctional professionals and their clients may impact reentry success. This research reports on the results from an email survey distributed to a national sample of correctional officials listed in the American Correctional Association, 2012 Directory. Specifically, correctional officials were asked to report on needs and challenges facing formerly incarcerated individuals, define success, identify factors related to successful reentry, recount success stories, and report what could be done to assist them in successful outcomes. Housing and employment were raised by wardens and corrections officials as important needs for successful reentry. Corrections officials adopted organizational and systems perspectives in their responses and had differing opinions about social distance. Policy implications are presented.https://jper.uib.no/index.php/jper/article/view/789ReentryPractitionersSuccessCorrections OfficialsWardens |
| spellingShingle | Elaine Gunnison Jacqueline B. Helfgott Cecilie Wilhelm Correctional Practitioners on Reentry: A Missed Perspective Journal of Prison Education and Reentry Reentry Practitioners Success Corrections Officials Wardens |
| title | Correctional Practitioners on Reentry: A Missed Perspective |
| title_full | Correctional Practitioners on Reentry: A Missed Perspective |
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| title_short | Correctional Practitioners on Reentry: A Missed Perspective |
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| topic | Reentry Practitioners Success Corrections Officials Wardens |
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