After Crime and Punishment
Pathways to Offender Reintegration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8403218 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shane Kilcommins (0000-0002-7528-0612, University College Cork, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 844-846 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azm046 |
| OpenAlex | W2054762810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Though prisoner release into society has, for some time, become more prevalent and more precarious, only very recently have researchers focused on the process of ex-offender re-entry into society. This edited collection of essays represents a very good attempt at creating a theory-driven approach to studying the phenomenon of ex-offender reintegration. In particular, the aim of the editors is to ‘help prepare grounds for the development of theoretical understanding about how the reintegration process might best be designed, facilitated and implemented by exploring what is known about the natural process of desistance’ (p. 17). The book involves a cross-transfer of ideas between the United States and the United Kingdom and involves contributions from a wide variety of academic disciplines, including criminology, sociology, politics and law. It is divided into four parts: desistance theory and reintegration practice; methodological considerations; applied research on desistance; and desistance-focused reintegration research. In Part I, the issue of social capital is addressed in two contributions. Bazemore and Erbe argue that community social capital is an important, if often ignored, intervening factor that facilitates offender transition to lawful enterprises. In particular, they argue that restorative justice principles offer great natural potential for accelerating the process of desistance. Farrall similarly argues that the strengthening of social capital should become one of the cornerstones of social and criminal justice policy. Too often, criminal justice practices have been obsessed with offending-related behaviours at the expense of desistance-related behaviours (these latter behaviours relate, for example, to attachments to the labour force and significant life partnerships).
Criminal justice · Criminology · Political science · Politics · Punishment (psychology) · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |