RT Article
T1 Decomposition of the Role of Family in Reentry: Family Support, Tension, Gender, and Reentry Outcomes
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 67
IS 6/7
SP 970
OP 996
A1 Liu, Lin
A1 Visher, Christy A.
A2 Visher, Christy A.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/175944586X
AB A vast body of reentry research has investigated the role of family in facilitating reentry success. However, it is largely unknown whether family can both be a source of support and conflict and if so, whether these impacts are gender-specific. This study explores the heterogeneous elements that family brings to the reintegration process. Findings suggest that released prisoners’ families can bring either crime-inhibitory or criminogenic influences depending on the familial environment. Support from family members protects respondents from criminal recidivism, while strained family relationships are a significant predictor for drug use. Moreover, the detrimental effect of family tension is gender-sensitive: Females released from prison suffer an amplified risk of reentry failure under family tension. Implications for correctional programming are discussed.
K1 Familienhilfe
K1 Geschlecht
K1 family tension
K1 Reentry
DO 10.1177/0011128720987195