Prisoner reentry programs : penetrating the black box for better theory and practice / Eric L. Grommon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grommon, Eric L.

Series:

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

Ex-convicts--United States.

Ex-convicts.

Ex-convicts--Rehabilitation--United States.

Recidivism--United States.

Recidivism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Upon release from prison, individuals must manage a complex mix of interrelated challenges. Housing, employment, and substance abuse treatment have been identified as three of the most pressing dimensions of prisoner reentry. Grommon explores how these challenges interact and affect levels of relapse and recidivism. Housing and employment are important antecedents that shape participation in substance abuse treatment and relapse. In turn, these initial effects directly or indirectly influence recidivism. The findings highlight the need to further explore reentry challenges and lead to a number

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Development of Reentry Knowledge; Chapter 2: Contextualizing Reentry from Theory to Practice; Chapter 3: Methodology of the Study; Chapter 4: Study Results and Findings; Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations for the Future; Notes; Appendix 1: Contextual Information on Broader Program Evaluation; Appendix 2: Sensitivity Verification of Treatment Dosage and Processes Multivariate Regression Models; Appendix 3: Sensitivity Verification of Relapse and Recidivism Multivariate Regression Models

Appendix 4: Sensitivity Verification of Relapse and RecidivismMultivariate Regression Models Controlling forTreatment Dosage and ProcessesAppendix 5: Sobel Test (1986) of Indirect Effects; Appendix 6: Alternative Modeling of Interaction Terms for Housing Stability and Employment Stability; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326302

1593326300

OCLC:

822894255