RT Article
T1 Toward a Practice Framework for Throughcare Reintegration Programs
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 69
IS 12
SP 1579
OP 1597
A1 Hart, Aaron
A1 Gelb, Karen
A1 Martinovic, Marietta
A2 Gelb, Karen
A2 Martinovic, Marietta
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1932042601
AB Practice frameworks for programs supporting people to transition between prison and community are a critical resource for service agencies, researchers and policy makers. Although reintegration programs are often commissioned with reference to Risk-Needs-Responsivity and the Good Lives Model, these frameworks lack specificity for practical program design. Following recent meta-theoretical guidelines, we articulate a practice framework for reintegration programs over three levels: (1) principles and values; (2) knowledge related assumptions; and (3) intervention guidelines. Level 1 is drawn from the capability approach, which frames the goal of increasing the substantive freedom of individuals. Level 2 is drawn from desistance theory, which grounds claims that sustained cessation of offending is enabled by changes in people’s self-labels and narrative, relationships with friends and family, access to resources, and community participation. Level 3 is drawn from throughcare service design and structures practice into seven domains. This framework has potential to reduce rates of reincarceration.
K1 risk-needs-responsivity
K1 Good Lives Model
K1 Capability Approach
K1 Desistance
K1 practice framework
K1 Reintegration
DO 10.1177/0306624X231168688