RT Article
T1 The Prison Fellowship® Good Citizenship Model: A New Framework for Corrections
JF Criminology, criminal justice, law & society
VO 25
IS 2
SP 41
OP 62
A1 Wiese, Jesse
A1 Denhof, Mike
A1 Crawley, Rachel D.
A2 Denhof, Mike
A2 Crawley, Rachel D.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1897637853
AB There is a current call to action among researchers and others emphasizing the need for continued evolution of the concept of “success” in corrections (e.g., Returning Citizens, 2020; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022). While there have been positive developments in corrections over the years, the predominant risk-need-responsivity model (RNR; Andrews & Bonta, 2006; Andrews et al., 1990; Blanchette & Brown, 2006; Ward et al., 2007) for correctional assessment and rehabilitation in the United States’ prison system has proved insufficient. Key barriers to progress have included over-reliance upon a problematic definition and measure of success (i.e., recidivism), over-confidence in a reductionist and risk-focused model, and ignorance of the importance of the form and quality of prison culture upon prison outcomes. Amid the recommendations for innovation and alternatives to overcome identified weaknesses in the status quo approach, we posit a new, values-based, culture-focused framework for success in corrections. The Good Citizenship Model (GCM), in its most recent iteration, emerged out of over 45 years of collaborative outreach and fieldwork activity by researchers, returned citizens, specialists, and volunteers serving incarcerated people, returned citizens, and their families. The GCM targets the development of positive values and prosocial character development rather than risk-related deficits; emphasizes human flourishing over non-recidivism; and construes prison culture as a conduit through which prosocial values and character attributes are attained, reinforced, and sustained.
K1 Inmate
K1 Jail
K1 Prison
K1 strengths-based
K1 Values
K1 Corrections
K1 good citizenship
K1 Recidivism
K1 Human Flourishing
DO 10.54555/CCJLS.10853.122097