Exoffender accounts of successful reentry from prison

Reentry research often focuses on those who have recidivated, with little work addressing the experiences of those who successfully reintegrate into their communities. This study examines individual accounts of successful transitions from prison to community in the months and years postrelease. Inte...

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Main Author: Hlavka, Heather R. (Author)
Contributors: Wheelock, Darren ; Jones, Richard
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Journal of offender rehabilitation
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 6, Pages: 406-428
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Keywords:
Qualitative Research
Reentry
Reintegration
offender reentry
role transformation
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Summary:Reentry research often focuses on those who have recidivated, with little work addressing the experiences of those who successfully reintegrate into their communities. This study examines individual accounts of successful transitions from prison to community in the months and years postrelease. Interview data point to three metanarratives used to make sense of reentry: as reverence, as reunification, and as reconstruction. In different ways, each narrative centers on connections to important others through faith, family, or community. We discuss the legitimacy of the self-narratives offered, and add to a growing body of work exploring reentry via the lens of the exoffender.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 424-428
ISSN:1540-8558
DOI:10.1080/10509674.2015.1057630