What Works in Reentrydoi:10.1016/B978-1-4557-3121-3.00011-3Until recently, the process or transition between prison and the community was largely ignored. Due to high recidivism rates and costs associated with incarceration, many states have embraced a rehabilitative approach to dealing with re-...
LFOs are enforceable by law and must be paid even after an individual is released from incarceration. However, many jurisdictions offer relief programs, such as: Waivers or Reductions Based on Inability to Pay Deferred Payment Plans Petitions for Interest Forgiveness Laws regarding LFO enforcement var...
The wealth gap between minorities and whites is continuing to grow as the years move on and because the wealth gap many people are starting to turn to criminalism. Because of the amount of people turning to criminalism, the incarceration rates of minorities is steadily increasing. Racial ...
Many states have implemented measures to decrease their youth incarceration rates, and overall, the number of young people that were committed to confinement shrunk by 45 percent between 2001 and 2011. Hawaii recently enacted a justice reform bill it expects will cut the state's confined youth pop...
to mental health services, implementing workplace support initiatives, and providing education on substance abuse can help reduce addiction rates. Additionally, decriminalizing addiction and focusing on treatment rather than punishment can lower incarceration rates and redirect resources toward recovery ...
The war on drugs which led to higher rates of incarceration that negatively impacted familial wealth, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities Continued discrimination in housing which kept many Black Americans from benefiting from the rise of housing wealth during that period ...
There are so many logistical questions that I really want to know! And as an aside, this does raise the question: why are we Americans so quick to lock up our fellow citizens? What is it about the American psyche that drives us to have such high rates of incarceration? The proposals ...
One of the most profound indicators of future criminal behavior lies in parenting. There is no greater influence on infants and young children than the parents themselves. However, some parents are simply not equipped to be successful role models for their children. Parents who engage in extreme ...
Americans tout compared to the freedom that exists in most democracies. Is there an extra level of freedom that hasnt revealed itself to me (and which ironically only exists in a country where incarceration rates lead the world, ahead of such stalwarts of freedom as Cuba, Rwanda and ...
Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and, while women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population, there has been a significant increase in their representation – especially over the past 20 years (Carlton and Segrave, 2013). Despite the fact that ...