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Author Grommon, Eric L.

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

Publication Info. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The development of reentry knowledge -- Contextualizing reentry from theory to practice -- Methodology of the study -- Study results and findings -- Conclusions and recommendations for the future.
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.
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Subject Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Criminals -- Rehabilitation.
United States.
Ex-convicts -- United States.
Ex-convicts.
Ex-convicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Ex-convicts -- Rehabilitation.
Recidivism -- United States.
Recidivism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781593325374 1593325371 (DLC) 2012040190
ISBN 1593326300 (electronic book)
9781593326302 (electronic book)
9781593325374 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1593325371 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)