2015
DOI: 10.1086/681301
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Stress and Hardship after Prison

Abstract: The historic increase in U.S. incarceration rates made the transition from prison to community common for poor, prime-age men and women. Leaving prison presents the challenge of social integration--of connecting with family and finding housing and a means of subsistence. The authors study variation in social integration in the first months after prison release with data from the Boston Reentry Study, a unique panel survey of 122 newly released prisoners. The data indicate severe material hardship immediately a… Show more

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“…The offense profile, criminal history, level of risk, and demographic characteristics of the BRS sample are similar to those for the Boston-area reentry population as a whole, suggesting little nonrandom selection based on observable characteristics (39). After release, the 1-y rate of reincarceration in the BRS sample (22%) was the same as that for the state's whole reentry population (44).…”
Section: Study Retention In a Cohort Of Prison Releaseesmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…The offense profile, criminal history, level of risk, and demographic characteristics of the BRS sample are similar to those for the Boston-area reentry population as a whole, suggesting little nonrandom selection based on observable characteristics (39). After release, the 1-y rate of reincarceration in the BRS sample (22%) was the same as that for the state's whole reentry population (44).…”
Section: Study Retention In a Cohort Of Prison Releaseesmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…Perhaps the lack of evidence-based programs stems from the disconnect between the theoretical advancements in the mechanisms of desistance and the application to policy and practice (McNeill 2006, Weaver 2014. Ample evidence from reentry scholarship reveals various policy-and practice-related obstacles that individuals encounter as they return home (Harris et al 2010, Pager 2008, Visher & Travis 2003, Western et al 2015; however, despite significant overlap with desistance scholarship, these streams of research have developed largely independently. In sum, results from available research suggest that to encourage desistance we need to think about not only how we define successful desistance and how offenders change but also about changing criminal justice policies and practices.…”
Section: Linking Theory and Research With Policy And Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some experience acute stress and anxiety (Western et al 2015). Others struggle to overcome the trauma of solitary confinement (Gawande 2009).…”
Section: The Cumulative Risk Of Imprisonmentmentioning
confidence: 99%