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Alternative Offender Rehabilitation and Social Justice : Arts and Physical Engagement in Criminal Justice and Community Settings / edited by Wesley Crichlow, Janelle Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic psychology.
- International education.
- Comparative education.
- Criminology.
- Corrections.
- Punishment.
- Social service.
- Human rights.
- Forensic Psychology.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Prison and Punishment.
- Social Work.
- Human Rights.
- Local Subjects:
- Forensic Psychology.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Criminology.
- Prison and Punishment.
- Social Work.
- Human Rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book demonstrates that alternative approaches to criminal rehabilitation succeed in developing pro-social attitudes and in improving mental, physical and spiritual health for youth and adults in prison and community settings. The use of mindfulness is highlighted as a foundational tool of self-reflexivity, creative expression and therapy.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction: Towards Arts and Physical Engagement as Mindful Alternative Rehabilitation; Wesley Crichlow and Janelle Joseph
- 1. Meditation Practices and the Reduction of Aggression and Violence: Towards a Gender-Sensitive, Humanitarian, Healing-Based Intervention; Gwen Hunnicutt and Daniel Rhodes
- 2. "I Feel Mad Light": Sharing Mindfulness-Based Strategies with Troubled Youth; Carla Barrett
- 3. Physical Culture and Alternative Rehabilitation: Qualitative Insights from a Martial Arts Intervention Program; Janelle Joseph
- 4. Prison Yoga as a Correctional Alternative?: Physical Culture, Rehabilitation, and Social Control in Canadian Prisons; Mark Norman
- 5. Moving Beyond "Just Fun and Games": The Process and Outcomes of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Programming for Institutionalized Girls; Allison J. Foley
- 6. The Art of Rehabilitation: Extracurricular Activities and the Disruption of Intergenerational Incarceration; Bryan L. Sykes, Jason P. Gioviano and Alex R. Piquero
- 7. Evaluating Drama-Based Crime Prevention: Problems, Politics, and New Directions; Laura Kelly, Victoria Foster and Anne Hayes
- 8. Scrimmage-play: Writing and Reading Short Fiction with Incarcerated Men; Michael Lockett, Rebecca Luce-Kapler and Dennis Sumara
- 9. Concluding Remarks: Challenges and Prospects of an Alternative Rehabilitation; Wesley Crichlow and Livy Visano.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137476821
- 1137476826
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