Recidivism in the Caribbean Improving the Reintegration of Jamaican Ex-prisoners /

• Main Author: Leslie, Dacia L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Recidivism.; Crime prevention.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Prisons.; Critical criminology.; Crime Prevention.; Crime and Society.; Prison Policy.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.

This book provides a detailed and practical exploration of criminal recidivism and social reintegration in Jamaica. It uses various methods to seek the authentic voices of inmates, ex-prisoners, deported migrants and practitioners, drawing on an original study to examine factors that might help ex-p...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Exploring the Link between Reintegration and Recidivism in Jamaica
• 2. Cycles of Crime and Urban Poverty: Challenges for Offender Reintegration
• 3. Helping Disadvantaged Offenders Lead Reintegrated Lives
• 4. Doing Research on Social Reintegration
• 5. Enablers of Ineffective Community Reintegration
• 6. 'Back to Square One': The Role of Prison
• 7. Offender Attempts to Lead [Re]integrated Lives, What Helps?
• 8. In Search of the Silver Bullet: Provider Experiences
• 9. 'Redemption Songs', Unearthing Landscapes.