Bridge Over Troubled Waters? Certified Recovery Specialist Support and Community Reentry
A Pilot Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21513490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek A Kreager (0000-0002-9136-1404, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, corresponding author), Yiwen Zhang (0009-0009-1912-0583, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA), Deirdre O’Sullivan (0000-0002-5681-1393, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA), Gary Zajac (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA), KRISTOFER BRET BUCKLEN (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1761-1780 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-624X • E-ISSN: 1552-6933 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306624x251322824 |
| PMID | 39994956 |
| OpenAlex | W4407930585 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 44 |
Peer support services, including certified recovery specialists (CRSs), have been of increasing interest to treatment scholars. However, if and how such services assist justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders during community reentry is less understood. This pilot study provided CRS services to both reentrants and their family members during the transition from close custody confinement to community supervision, a perilous period in which risks of relapse and rearrest peak. Post-intervention interviews with nine of fifteen recruited reentrants and four of five recruited family members in central Pennsylvania were analyzed using iterative thematic coding. Participants perceived CRS services as essential for the reentry and recovery process. Interviewees identified CRS’s lived experience, advocacy, availability, empathy, and family outreach as key mechanisms of recovery success. These results highlight the importance of CRS services for recovery capital during the community reentry transition
Certification · Community service · Criminal justice · Criminology · Outreach · Peer support · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Qualitative research · Recidivism · Reentry · Revolving door · Roller coaster · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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The science of recovery capital
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Crime in the Making
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Peer Mentoring for Male Parolees
Changing the Ties that Bind
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A Twenty-Hour-a-Day Job
Transitions from Prison to Community
Social Capital
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |