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Journal articles on the topic "Social reintegration of ex-offenders"

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Markina, Anna. "Problems Related to Reintegration of Young Ex-Offenders in Estonia." Kriminologijos studijos 7 (December 20, 2019): 56–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/crimlithuan.2019.7.3.

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Based on 22 semi-structured interviews with 24 young ex-offenders in Estonia, this article looks at the effect that stigmatization has on the reintegration of young ex-offenders. The study looks at to what extent and in which domains ex-offenders experience stigma, how they manage it, and what effect it has on social participation and involvement. The results indicate that young ex-offenders experience stigma while looking for jobs and accommodation and when interacting with the criminal justice system. The strategies for managing stigma mostly include secrecy and withdrawal. These strategies are closely related to self-stigmatization, low societal participation, and a low level of trust toward state institutions.
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Hardcastle, Lesley, Terry Bartholomew, and Joe Graffam. "Legislative and Community Support for Offender Reintegration in Victoria." Deakin Law Review 16, no. 1 (August 1, 2011): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/dlr2011vol16no1art96.

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The status of offender rehabilitation has been influenced by the prevailing social climate, the promotion of ways to improve rehabilitation’s efficacy, and the well documented cycling of correctional imperatives. A renewed interest in offender transitions and reintegration has been apparent in recent years and most western correctional systems now feature policies and/or programs that address issues relating to the housing, employment, education and the broader ‘resettlement’ of offenders. However, this movement of correctional imperatives into the ‘social’ realm brings considerable challenges. Perhaps most significantly, the achievement of reintegration is dependent on juridical and community support in ways that other sentencing goals are not. Given the array of understandings of what ‘reintegration’ actually is, the abundance of programs claiming such a focus, and the reliance that reintegrative ideas have on community support, measuring the extent and nature of such support is seen as a useful exercise. With the above in mind, the goal of this paper is to identify legislative and community obstacles to the success of reintegrative ideals and policies. The paper first examines relevant legislation for references to reintegrative notions, finding a legislative ambivalence about such ideas. It then presents findings from a Victoria-wide survey of community views about the reintegration of ex-offenders. Participants in the community survey (n = 2635) were asked for their views about sentencing objectives, and the nature of their support for employment and housing initiatives. The results showed low levels of overall support for reintegration, with numerous more subtle distinctions being evident. The data also identify numerous areas where reintegrative programs are likely to be more readily accepted. The findings also indicate a need for targeted research into the correlates of community readiness for specific aspects of offender reintegration, and underlines the need for community education about the social implications of effective reintegration policies for urban, regional and rural communities.
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Bertulfo, Donald Jay, Nico Canoy, and Michael Angelo Celeste. "Positioning Analysis of Filipino Family Narratives in the Context of Prisoner Reintegration." SAGE Open 6, no. 4 (October 2016): 215824401667424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244016674248.

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Prisoner reintegration may be viewed as a crisis situation that may lead to a period of instability within the family. Existing researches in this area remain focused on the individual perspective of ex-offenders rather than the experiences of receiving families back in their households. In this study, we aim to examine the reintegration experiences of the family as a group from an initial state of chaos to equilibrium upon the reentry of an incarcerated parent. Using a sample of 12 interviews of family members left behind by incarcerated fathers, three major storylines relating to the family’s struggle for moral re-ascendancy in the context of parental reintegration are identified: othering, rehabilitation, and restoration. We explain the interlocking emotional, discursive, and material forms of labor embedded in the process of prisoner reintegration. Policy implications on social and institutional aid to the families of reintegrating fathers are also discussed.
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FEDOR, Catalin-George. "What works in the Social Reintegration of Law Offenders." Postmodern Openings 5, no. 1 (March 31, 2014): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/po/2014.0501.07.

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Harley, Debra A. "Adult Ex-Offender Population and Employment: A Synthesis of the Literature on Recommendations and Best Practices." Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling 45, no. 3 (September 1, 2014): 10–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0047-2220.45.3.10.

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Ex-offenders face numerous challenges once release from a period of incarceration. In addition to financial, social, family, and community reintegration, they face enormous barriers to employment. Frequently, for individuals with disabilities a criminal record poses the most significant limitations. The purpose of this article is to provide a synthesis of recommendations and best practice for assisting individuals with disabilities with histories of incarceration with job search and obtaining employment. Attention is given to barriers to community reintegration, employers' hiring practices, and strategies and recommendations for rehabilitation counselors and employment specialists working with ex-offenders. In addition, policy makers, administrators, educators and rehabilitation counselor students, employers, and individuals with incarceration histories themselves may benefit from the information presented.
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Darakai, Adrian, Andrew Day, and Joe Graffam. "Public attitudes towards the employment of ex-offenders with a disability." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour 8, no. 1 (March 13, 2017): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jidob-11-2016-0021.

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Purpose Ex-prisoners often face significant challenges in their efforts to find meaningful and stable work, undermining their chances of successful reintegration back into the community. These problems are likely to be compounded for those who have an intellectual disability (ID), given evidence that the disabled generally experience high levels of discrimination when applying for and maintaining jobs. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether members of the public hold different attitudes and expectations towards the employment of ex-offenders who have an ID and a history of criminal offending. Design/methodology/approach Samples of 642 participants, recruited via social media, were presented with vignettes, and then completed a short survey designed to measure their attitudes and expectations towards the employment of ex-offenders. Findings Whilst the presence of a mild ID did not significantly affect community attitudes towards ex-offender employment, it did change expectations about employment outcomes. Research limitations/implications It appears that ex-offenders are perceived as a homogenous group of people, despite actual and substantial differences existing within this population. Practical implications There is a need to actively educate the community about differences between subgroups of ex-offenders in relation to the employment needs of those with an ID. Social implications The social inclusion of ex-offenders with an ID lies at the heart of any effective and progressive criminal justice policy. Originality/value This is one of the only studies that has examined public attitudes towards this group.
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Chan, Joyce P. S., and Douglas P. Boer. "Managing offenders: establishing the impact of incarceration and what works in Singapore." Safer Communities 15, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 33–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sc-06-2015-0024.

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Purpose – This paper seeks to explore deeper into this subject in search of a new manner that can better aid ex-offenders to reintegrate back into society. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the factors that influence the reintegration process of ex-offenders in the hope of further reducing reoffending and re-incarceration of offenders. This would eventually translate into a possible reduction in the resultant cost impact to the economy. Design/methodology/approach – The study is primarily descriptive, it was hoped to find out the philosophical bases of what were was “effective” (e.g. in terms of helping ex-offenders find jobs, the support they received, etc.) in reducing recidivism. The study adopted a qualitative research framework where attention was devoted to understanding the experiences of 12 formerly incarcerated males, all whom have been out of prison for at least five years or longer. Those individuals participating in the study have been incarcerated in the prison of Singapore more than once and are no longer on parole. Findings – The study indicated seven different factors that influence the success of reintegration. When these seven factors are put together, they increase the probability of success in their reintegration process. Hence, the success of re-entry of offenders after their release from prison is not merely dependent on one or two factors. Therefore, to maximise the rate of success for reintegration of offenders upon their release, a combination of the seven factors reported are essential for the reintegration process. Research limitations/implications – A limitation to this research was that both the halfway houses involved in the research process are faith based. Thus, the faith element was emphasised in the interviewing process. Currently in Singapore, there are no halfway houses that operate on a non-faith-based basis. It would be interesting to be able to interview and understand the perspective of individuals who have benefited from a non-faith-based programme and are successful in their reintegration back into the community. Practical implications – From the themes emerged from the study, critical factors for reintegration of offenders were identified. When resources are invested to strengthen the factors from the study while working with offenders through their transition from incare to aftercare, it would ultimately decrease the rate of recidivism and reoffending. Social implications – Desiring to live a life without crime is often not an easy option for most incarcerated persons after their release as there are several challenges they often face when they are in the community. Some also found themselves unable to adapt to the mainstream culture when released. Problems they faced include difficulty in finding employment, the intricacy of reconnecting back with their families, finding accommodation, etc. Besides these challenges, they have to live with experiences when they were in prison, and for some, the time in prison resulted in them experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (Goff et al., 2007). These issues coupled with guilt and shame often resulted in them going back into crime and sometimes falling into abusing substance. When this happens, the cycle of crime and imprisonment perpetuates and the desire to reduce recidivism will not be achieved and both the individuals and the community they are in will be adversely impacted. Originality/value – In Singapore, the Government has always been proactive in reducing recidivism. Various initiatives to introduce new programmes and alternative sentencing options started to assist in rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders. From the interviews of the 12 individuals who had successfully reintegrated back into the community, several themes emerged and factors that influenced reintegration are identified.
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Miklósi, Márta, and Erika Juhász. "The Role of Education and NGOs in the Reintegration of Inmates in Hungary." International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education 4, no. 1 (January 2019): 100–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbide.2019010107.

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The period of imprisonment in a penitentiary institution has four overall purposes: retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. Retribution means punishment for crimes against society; it purportedly prevents future crime by removing the desire for personal avengement against the convict. Incapacitation refers to the removal of criminals from society so that they can no longer harm innocent people, and it prevents future crime by removing the convict from society. Deterrence means the prevention of future crime. Rehabilitation prevents future crime by modifying a convict's behavior and refers to those activities designed to change criminals into law abiding citizens. Rehabilitation may include providing educational and vocational programs in prison, teaching job skills and offering counselling with a psychologist or social worker. The rehabilitation does not necessarily come to an end at the moment of release, it can continue later. Recent scholarship indicates a shifting perspective on the responsibility of correctional institutions for successful reentry. Reentry begins on the first day of incarceration. Commonly, there are three phases of offender reentry programs: programs that take place during incarceration, which aim to prepare offenders for their eventual release; programs that take place during offenders' release period, which seek to connect ex-offenders with the various services they may require; and long-term programs that take place as ex-offenders permanently reintegrate back into their communities, which attempt to provide offenders with support and supervision. In Hungary, the first and second phases are known and used, but currently the system lacks long-term programmes. In the short period (maximum 1 year) after release, the activities of non-governmental, church and other charitable organizations greatly contribute to realizing reintegration. To reach the goals of reintegration, it is important that the inmate voluntarily and actively participate; that all sectors of prison life be purposefully coordinated, and that ‘free society' collaborate. This article describes how education is delivered in Hungarian prisons. The duty of correctional institutions is, along with detaining the convict, to facilitate inmates' reintegration into society in the greatest numbers possible. Reintegration and resocialization starts in the correctional facility and after release, the inmates are assisted by non-government organizations (NGOs). In Hungary, the actions of authorities and social organizations complement each other to facilitate inmate reentry. The situation is, however, exacerbated by the fact the rate of social involvement in Hungary is slight, which seriously hinders successful reintegration.
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So, Jon. "‘Fighting a war alone’: reintegration of ex-offenders from ethnic minority groups." China Journal of Social Work 7, no. 1 (January 2, 2014): 64–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2014.882791.

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Kaplan, Oliver, and Enzo Nussio. "Community counts: The social reintegration of ex-combatants in Colombia." Conflict Management and Peace Science 35, no. 2 (November 24, 2015): 132–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894215614506.

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What explains the social reintegration of ex-combatants from armed conflicts? Community-level programs to reintegrate ex-combatants into society are based on the theory that the participation of ex-combatants in their communities can promote reconciliation and minimize recidivism to illegal activities. We evaluate community and security-related opportunities for and constraints on social reintegration using a survey of ex-combatants from Colombia. We find that ex-combatants in more participatory communities tend to have an easier time with social reintegration and feel less of a need to organize among themselves. These findings suggest that to help ex-combatants, reintegration processes should also work to improve the social vibrancy of receptor communities.
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Solomon, Soraya. "An employment project towards the reintegration of ex-prisoners." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11540.

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The main aim of the study is to explore the role of employment in the reintegration process of ex-prisoners. The study seeks to explore the views of ex-prisoners and their employers, with regard to employment and reintegration. A secondary aim emerged as a result of the outcome of interviews conducted with the research respondents, and centred on determining how ex-prisoners are managed as employees.
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Van, Wyk Stephanie Anne. "From incarceration to successful reintegration : an ethnographic study of the impact of a halfway house on recidivism amongst female ex-offenders." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86401.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the psychological and social reasons for recidivism among women offenders of the law and explores the impact halfway houses could have on reducing recidivism in SA. Despite the problem of high crime and offender recidivism in SA there is a lack of research into projects within the country that are attempting to address the situation. This paper ascribes to be an authentic voice from one who has had the unique opportunity of observing the SA prison system from within, over a period of 15 years, and one who has sought to assist ex-offenders in their reintegration from prison to society by providing support once outside of prison over the past 10 years. The thesis is auto-ethnographic in design and method. This research examines the reasons for criminal acts among women and seeks to investigate and determine the unique complexities surrounding women and crime. A high prevalence of sexual and physical abuse is corroborated as common precursors to conduct problems in female offenders, while mental ill health is found to be marked among women in prison. Recommendations are made for the establishment of halfway houses in SA and strategies are suggested for the development of such halfway houses.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling ondersoek die sielkundige en sosiale redes vir residivisme onder vroue oortreders van die wet en ondersoek die impak wat halfweghuise kan hê op die vermindering van residivisme in Suid-Afrika. Ten spyte van die probleem van hoë misdaad en residivisme in Suid-Afrika is daar nie baie geskryf oor projekte in die land wat probeer om die situasie aan te spreek nie. Hierdie verhandeeling is geskryf om 'n outentieke stem te wees van ‘n persoon wat ‘n unieke geleentheid het om die Suid-Afrikaanse gevangenis stelsel van binne af te sien oor 'n tydperk van 15 jaar, en wat poog om die probleem wat ex-oortreders vind met herintegrasie uit die tronk deur middel van ondersteuning buite die tronk vir die afgelope 10 jaar. Die verhandeling is outo-etnografies in ontwerp en metode. Hierdie tesis neem die redes in ag van kriminele dade onder vroue en poog om die unieke kompleksiteit rondom vroue en misdaad te ondersoek. Die navorsing staaf 'n hoë voorkoms van seksuele en fisiese mishandeling as 'n gemeenskaplike voorloper probleem in vroulike oortreders. Geestesgesondheid is waar geneem onder vroue in die tronk. Die idee van halfweghuise in die Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap is op die been gebring. Die artikel stel verder strategie vir die ontwikkeling van die halfweghuise in Suid-Afrika voor.
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Uhrenius, Kajsa. "Reintegration processes of former gang members and former combatants." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-70769.

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In a world where conflict is common, effective programs for reintegration of the combatants must exist for the post conflict societies. There is also a growing presence not only of gangs, but also of reintegration programs for those that chose to leave said gangs. To find what parts of those processes are alike and what parts are different is the objective of this thesis. For the former combatants, the thesis focuses on those of the former rebel group, meaning the illegally armed group. The reasons for comparing the two processes are that they outwardly look quite similar in the sense that the both deal with reintegration of formerly armed groups. Both groups have also been involved in some sort of violent action, and they are both being reintegrated into a society that they are not actively full members of. The research is carried out through a desk study using the method of a qualitative research through and abductive approach. The theoretical framework that is used is the inclusion-exclusion framework from the security-development nexus. This is also combined with the use of an analytical framework which was created using three different parts of full reintegration, namely social, political and economical reintegration. Through the usage of the case study of El Salvador, the thesis found that there were both similarities and differences between the two types of reintegration, however, the differences far outweighed the similarities. The thesis also found that while the two processes may be alike from an outside perspective, they are dealing with people of quite different needs. However, some potential can be seen for changes in both processes in order to improve their efficiency, though more research is needed.
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Leslie, Dacia. "Criminal recidivism in the Caribbean : improving the reintegration of Jamaican ex-prisoners." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2016. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/93842/.

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Finding ways to reintegrate ex-prisoners into Jamaican society is a pressing but complex social, economic and moral issue. This is due, not least, to the financial costs of prison recidivism and growing concern over the Jamaican state’s capacity to meet the needs of a large number of its citizens subject to forced repatriation to their homeland by overseas jurisdictions due to their offending. The absence of a mature and reliable evidence base about the extent and nature of criminal recidivism in Jamaica also contributes to the challenges faced by policy makers and service providers seeking to reduce incidence of crime. This is in part related to the dearth of research on what is a sizeable and multi-faceted subject matter which has impeded a more decisive and progressive political and policy response. While there are generic criminological themes in regard to recidivism, desistance and reintegration of offenders that cross international boundaries (see Harriott 2000; Headley 2006), there remains the not inconsiderable challenge of identifying culturally specific features that bear upon crime and the policies and programmes that might encourage sustained abstinence from offending and which could be better served by a distinctive Caribbean criminological epistemology. To that end, this exploratory study seeks to offer insights into the social worlds of male and female offenders in Jamaica in order to better understand what they deem to be the influences that led them to crime and those which might at least assist them in desisting from law-breaking. The study is based upon a largely qualitative research design comprising semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Some 54 inmates participated who had received more than one prison sentence and in that sense are termed here a ‘recidivist’, albeit the contested nature of this term and related key concepts such as desistance and reintegration will be subject to scrutiny in the early chapters of this thesis. One other inmate who could not be regarded a prison recidivist mainly because he was awaiting trial on this his second time in prison was interviewed in prison and added to the study. All 55 interviews and most focus groups were conducted with persons being held in three of Jamaica’s maximum security correctional facilities. In addition, eighteen other individuals who had managed to stay out of prison following their release were interviewed within the community. A further set of interviews were conducted with 17 organisational leaders and spokespeople representing state and voluntary agencies engaged in the process of offender reintegration. Their perspectives reveal illuminating contrasts with those provided by the ex-prisoners about the likely ingredients of an effective return to a life without serious offending. The findings will hopefully assist policy makers and professionals in thinking about the steps that might be taken to tackle Jamaica’s high rate of serious crime. As the findings will suggest, such steps must involve a renewed understanding, sense of belief and commitment towards effective reintegration. Additionally, there needs to be a more robust conviction that persons leaving prison can indeed change but that they face embedded hostility and exclusion from a number of quarters. This study provides insights into why ex-prisoners believe that there is resistance amongst influential others in the community to accepting them as ‘reformed’. Such perspectives should assist local agencies in better understanding the impact of negative community attitudes and point to ways to counter social exclusion and help promote effective reintegration. Moreover, the findings point to the importance of strategies at national and local level that can bestow upon ex-prisoners a more meaningful sense of belonging and positive citizenship that can help reinforce the reintegration process. Throughout, the voices and experiences of the ex-prisoners come to the fore to challenge accepted policy and criminological wisdoms and to point out the need for more creative and determined initiatives to help people from prison find a new and better future.
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Hussain, Basharat. "Social reintegration of offenders : the role of the probation service in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan." Thesis, University of Hull, 2009. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:2489.

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This thesis examines the role of the probation system in the social reintegration of offenders in NWFP, Pakistan. Probation is the punishment most widely associated with rehabilitation and helping offenders to lead law-abiding lives. The probation system in Pakistan has a colonial origin. The Probation Ordinance of 1960 has its origins in the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (Amended 1923) passed into law by the British Colonial government. The passing of the probation law in 1960 was part of General Ayub Khan's attempt to modernise Pakistan. The central argument of this thesis is that the meaning of punishment changes when it is taken out of its cultural setting. The punishment of probation has no equivalent in Pakistani culture. Throughout this study, it was found that probation was perceived differently by the probation officers in the Reclamation and Probation Department (RPD) of NWFP Pakistan, the judicial magistrates who are empowered to grant probation orders and the offenders placed on probation. The result is a deluded system which was founded upon the rehabilitation ideal but which tries to offer an 'advice, assist and befriend' service. The empirical data showed that even that support was not provided. Probation officers measured their success in terms of how many people they were able to persuade judicial magistrates to release to them on probation. This made their job resemble that of the 19th century missionaries in England – 'saving souls'. It is argued that the problems of the RPD are due to lack of political support for the probation service in Pakistan, evidenced by its lack of identity and infrastructure. This has meant that the RPD has not 'evolved' enough to be able to meet its goals of rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders.
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Mutallimzada, Khalil. "The Role of Social Capital in Ex-combatant Reintegration : A case study of the Ukrainian Donbas war veterans' social, political and economic reintegration in Odessa." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-452704.

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As a result of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, there are at present hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian Donbass War veterans who participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and Joint Forces Operation (JFO) who must now reintegrate into civilian life. Despite the great number of veterans who need to be reintegrated socially, politically, and economically into Ukrainian society, there is currently no comprehensive policy for ex-combatant reintegration in Ukraine. Applying the concept of social capital and based on interviews, observations, and documents, this qualitative case study investigates the nature and the role of social resources in ATO/JFO veterans’ social, political, and economic reintegration in Odessa. The analysis revealed that in the lack of social trust, social cohesion, shared values, and generalized reciprocity within the wider society, veterans’ ability to generate bridging social ties were undermined. On the other hand, widespread norms of trust, particularistic reciprocity, cohesion, and solidarity within the veteran networks made research participants to rely more on their bonding social ties among veterans. The study also finds that in the absence of overarching reintegration programs, veterans’ bonding social ties contributed significantly to all spheres of their reintegration. Despite the inward-looking nature of bonding social capital that tends to reinforce exclusive identities and homogeneous groups, all veterans to varied extent describe their bonding social ties with former military comrades as an important factor in facilitating social, political, and economic reintegration.
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Khatle, Tryphina Zanele. "Skills development for the social reintegration of offenders : a case-study of Johannesburg management area / Tryphina Zanele Khatle." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10285.

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The Department of Correctional Services (Johannesburg Management Area) is established in the South of Johannesburg in Gauteng Province. It was founded in 1982. According to the Annual Report of the Department of Correctional Services 2009, the institution was initially developed to house 2630 offenders. Presently it accommodates 10130 offenders. These offenders are dependent on the number of facilities and officials for rehabilitation purpose. The discrepancy in the number of officials to that of offenders is a challenge within the Department of Correctional Services with regard to skills development. The study was based on the hypothesis that “effective implementation of skills development within Johannesburg Management Area may lead to a successful social reintegration of offenders”. The empirical research was conducted to support the hypothesis. Questionnaire was distributed and interviews were conducted to obtain responses. the findings reveal that offenders who are skilled are easy to be reintegrated and at the same time skilled officials are able to play a vital role in facilitating the social reintegration of offenders Study further reveals that skilled officials are able to network on behalf of offenders with ease and are able to increase job opportunities for offenders who are already on social reintegration programme. The study recommends that the Johannesburg Management area need to restructure its human resource development office, ensure that experienced and qualified facilitators are employed. Each correctional centre should have qualified facilitators who are experienced in adult education to skill offenders in various areas of development. The study leaves a scope for future research stating that Department of Correctional Services do further analysis on skills development and Social reintegration of offenders nationally to find a common and standard approach that will assist in the full reintegration of offenders
M, Development and Management, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2011
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Bowd, Richard. "From combatant to civilian : the social reintegration of ex-combatants in Rwanda and the implications for social capital and reconciliation." Thesis, University of York, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14141/.

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In the reconstruction of war-tom societies, the successful reintegration of combatants into the post-conflict environment is recognised to be a vital component in the peacebuilding effort. In order to achieve and sustain such reintegration Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programmes are implemented. DDR literature advocates the importance of economic reintegration due to the fact it provides a focus for ex-combatants and thus the possibility of a secure environment. However, as DDR is studied in greater detail, the limitations of such a narrow focus are becoming apparent. Moreover, the identified need for the effective social reintegration of excombatants is becoming an increasingly more salient issue; particularly when considering the reconciliation of war-affected communities. Nevertheless, whilst the importance of social reintegration may have been recognised, understanding as to the ways in which ex-combatants socially reintegrate, and the effects such reintegration may have on the reconciliation process and the general peacebuilding effort, is in its relevant infancy. This research, through fieldwork involving the life history analysis of 50 ex-combatants and 22 civilians, along with ethnographic studies of four rural communities and 26 elite interviews with policy makers/implementers, sought to investigate this hiatus within the context of Rwanda. Specifically, it examined the obstacles faced by ex-combatants in their social reintegration and the mechanisms through which ex-combatants are successful in their endeavours. It then progressed to an elaborate consideration of the effects of the successful social reintegration of ex-combatants on the reconciliation process within the peacebuilding environment. It does this by applying the c~ncept of social capital as a bridge between ex-combatant social reintegration and reconciliation. The findings from this research identify a number of significant elements that are crucial to the social reintegration of ex-combatants. Additionally, the thesis delineates the importance of such reintegration for the reconciliation and peacebuilding process and thus signifies the need for a significant reconsideration of the way in which DDR programmes are designed and implemented.
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Carty, Linnér Sandra, Bisan Abdul-Razek, and Anna Jonasson. "“YOUR OWN CONTRACT, A RESIDENCE, A HOME…THAT IS ALL VERY IMPORTANT FOR A PERSON”." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26735.

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Ett stabilt boende är en grundläggande nödvändighet och en viktig förutsättning för att stärka individers välmående. En bostad är inte bara en plats för förvaring av ägodelar, utan är även nära sammankopplat med ett antal grundläggande “förmågor” som ger individer möjlighet att sköta sin hälsa och hygien, tillgodose sitt sömnbehov och upprätthålla ett socialt nätverk. På detta sätt är en stabil bostad en av de avgörande faktorerna för att en individ skall nå framgångsrik återanpassning i samhället efter avtjänat fängelsestraff. Den kriminologiska forskning som undersöker individers liv efter avtjänat fängelsestraff behandlar nästan uteslutande generella samhällskonsekvenser efter frigivning utan vidare fokus på bostadssituationen specifikt. Detta leder till en kunskapslucka på området. Mot bakgrund av denna kunskapslucka syftar vår studie till att undersöka hur bostadssituationen ser ut för individer som tidigare avtjänat ett fängelsestraff. Detta genomfördes med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer med individer som tidigare avtjänat ett fängelsestraff. Vidare syftade studien till att undersöka respondenternas upplevelser av den hjälp de fått av myndigheter och organisationer gällande bostad. Resultatet visar att dessa respondenter har haft stora svårigheter att finna ett stabilt boende efter avtjänat fängelsestraff, där hög grad av mobilitet varit förekommande. Bristfälliga ekonomiska förutsättningar i form av betalningsanmärkningar och skulder var en avgörande faktor till detta. Upplevelserna kring myndigheter och organisationers hjälp har varierat bland respondenterna där både negativa och positiva erfarenheter har skildrats.
Stable housing is a necessity and an essential prerequisite for strengthening the well-being of individuals. A residence is not only a place for storing property but is also closely linked to several basic "capabilities" that allow individuals to manage their health and hygiene, meet their sleep needs and maintain a social network. In this way, a stable home is one of the decisive factors for an individual to achieve successful re-adjustment in society after serving a prison sentence. The criminological research that examines the lives of individuals after serving prison sentences deals almost exclusively with general social consequences after release without further focus on the housing situation specifically. This leads to a knowledge gap in the area. Considering this knowledge gap, our study aims to investigate what the housing situation looks like for individuals who have previously served a prison sentence. This was done with the help of semi-structured interviews with individuals who previously served a prison sentence. Furthermore, the study aimed to investigate the respondents' experiences of the assistance they received from authorities and organizations regarding housing. The results show that these respondents have had great difficulties in finding stable housing after serving prison sentences, where a high degree of mobility has occurred. Poor financial conditions in the form of payment notes and debts were a decisive factor for this. The experiences of authorities and organizations have varied among the respondents, where both negative and positive experiences have been depicted.
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Wollie, John Tamba. "Phenomenological Study on the Educational Component of the Formal Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Ex-Militants in Liberia." Thesis, Walden University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10131795.

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A significant number of Liberian ex-militants are unemployed and underemployed despite the job skills, formal education, and entrepreneurial training they received as participants in the Formal Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program that was established to reintegrate combatants into civilian society at the end of the two civil wars in Liberia in 2003. The purpose of this study was to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the vocational training offered by the DDR program. Informed by the theories of Human Capital, Peace Building, and Bronfrenbrenner, the research questions for this study assessed the benefits of the educational component of DDR. A phenomenological study design was employed with a purposeful sample of ex-militant participants that included 12 ex-militants and a focus group of 6-ex-militants drawn from the 12 who completed vocational training at the Monrovia Vocational Training Center in Monrovia (MVTC). All data were inductively coded and analyzed using a constant comparative method. Data analysis uncovered five textural themes: motivation for disarmament, hope to rebuild lives through vocational training, dissatisfaction with reintegration, perception of reintegration, and perception of future combat participation. Findings support human capital, peace building, and ecological systems theories in that ex-militants perceived the benefit of education in their transition to peacetime endeavor, but consider themselves only partially reintegrated since all consider themselves unemployed with no means to survive economically. This study is significant because it provides recommendations to policymakers on how such a program can improve the vocational training offered and provide follow-up life-skills counseling.

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Books on the topic "Social reintegration of ex-offenders"

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The Shaming of Sexual Offenders: Risk, Retribution and Reintegration. Oxford, England: Hart Publishing, 2007.

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Peacebuilding and ex-combatants: Political reintegration in Liberia. New York, NY: Routledge, 2015.

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The reintegration of ex-combatants: A case study of Burundi. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2008.

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Imogen, Parsons, and Alden Chris, eds. From soldiers to citizens: The social, economic and political reintegration of Unita ex-combatants. Tswane, Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2007.

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Reintegration of ex-combatants after conflict: Participatory approaches in Sierra Leone and Liberia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Institute for Security Studies (South Africa), ed. Reintegrating ex-combatants in the Great Lakes region: Lessons learned. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2011.

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National programme for demobilization and social reintegration of ex-servicemen. [Luanda?: s.n., 1996.

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Kras, Kimberly R. Informal social control of sex offenders. Edited by Teela Sanders. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190213633.013.24.

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This essay discusses the role of informal social control for sex offenders who are reentering the community after imprisonment. The essay begins by reviewing the reintegration of sex offenders into communities, noting that they might reintegrate differently than other offenders. Considering how informal social control occurs across the life course for sex offenders may offer insight into specific mechanisms of desistance. The essay discusses the role in reentry of relationships, such as family, friends, and intimate partners, as well as the support function of social networks and community-oriented informal controls, such as school, employment, and other forms of civic engagement. The role of the community for sex offenders is tenuous, considering the legal and social policies that govern their movement and involvement in certain activities. The emerging role of the therapeutic community and the treatment group is examined. Controversies in the role of social support for sex offenders are also reviewed.
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David Goldblatt : Ex Offenders: Ex Offenders. Steidl Druckerei und Verlag, Gerhard, 2019.

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Godfrey, Barry, Pam Cox, Heather Shore, and Zoe Alker. After Care. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198788492.003.0006.

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Chapters 6 follows the children out of the institutional gate and into adulthood. It draws on rich personal evidence created through the ‘licence’ (or early release) system as well as census, military, employment, criminal justice, and local press records to track their subsequent journeys through life. The chapter focuses on the experiences of the majority who—to our knowledge—desisted from further offending. This group might be described as adolescent-limited offenders. The factors that seem likely to have contributed to their ‘successful’ reintegration are examined, and there is consideration of what that ‘success’ may have meant in terms of wider life chances and social mobility.
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Kanngiesser, Patricia, Marco F. H. Schmidt, and Federico Rossano. "Young Children’s Understanding of Social Norms and Social Institutions." In Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration, 195–210. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08398-8_7.

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Nores, Milagros, and W. Steven Barnett. "The Role of Early Childhood Education in Social Behaviour of Children." In Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration, 175–93. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08398-8_6.

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Dandurand, Yvon. "Alternative Approaches to Preventing Recidivism: Restorative Justice and the Social Reintegration of Offenders." In Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration, 283–99. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28424-8_11.

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Kury, Helmut. "Mediation, Restorative Justice and Social Reintegration of Offenders: The Effects of Alternative Sanctions on Punishment." In Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration, 249–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28424-8_10.

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Marshall, Ineke Haen. "Results of the Second Round of the International Self-Report Delinquency (ISRD2) Study: Importance of Education and Social Learning for 12–15 Year Olds." In Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration, 291–309. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08398-8_11.

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Bigombe, Betty O. "Field Reflections on Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Social Imperatives of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration." In The State of Peacebuilding in Africa, 65–79. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46636-7_5.

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Abstract Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) and post-conflict reconstruction interventions have placed an inordinate emphasis on rebuilding the lives of ex-combatants, at the expense of the largely invisible mass of victims in communities, who often suffered as greatly or more than the active fighters. Ignored war’s aftermath, victims in communities end up being “punished twice.” This chapter, drawing heavily on the author’s leadership experience of DDR initiatives in Uganda and Burundi, seeks to highlight the myriad ways in which greater attention to war’s forgotten non-combatants is essential to heal societies, foster reconstruction and development, and prevent a recurrence of conflict.
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Estrada-Fuentes, María. "Becoming Citizens: Loss and Desire in the Social Reintegration of Guerrilla Ex-Combatants in Colombia." In Gendered Citizenship, 271–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59093-6_15.

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Subedi, D. B., and Bert Jenkins. "The Nexus Between Reintegration of Ex-combatants and Reconciliation in Nepal: A Social Capital Approach." In Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Communities, 41–56. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6800-3_3.

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Morgado, Luciana Pena, Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia Vilela, Silvio Beltramelli Neto, Mara Alice Conti Takahashi, and Elisa De Devittis Camuzzo. "Workplace Violence: The Change Laboratory as a Tool for Expansive Learning in the Activity of Social Reintegration of Adolescent Offenders." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 132–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60828-0_14.

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Krahé, Barbara. "Societal Responses to Sexual Violence Against Women: Rape Myths and the “Real Rape” Stereotype." In Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration, 671–700. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08398-8_24.

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Nazaruddin, M., Cut Sukmawati, and Abdullah Akhyar Nasution. "Reintegration And Socio-Economic Transformation For Ex Combatants Of The Free Aceh Movement (Gam) Post-Conflict Era In North Aceh-Indonesia." In 1st International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2016). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icosop-16.2017.73.

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Altier, Mary Beth. Violent Extremist Disengagement and Reintegration: Lessons from Over 30 Years of DDR. RESOLVE Network, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37805/vedr2021.1.

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Recent questions surrounding the repatriation, rehabilitation, and reintegration of those who traveled to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the reintegration of violent extremists in conflict zones including Somalia, Nigeria, Libya, and Mali, and the impending release of scores of homegrown violent extremists from prisons in the United States and Europe have heightened policymaker and practitioner interest in violent extremist disengagement and reintegration (VEDR). Although a number of programs to reintegrate violent extremists have emerged both within and outside of conflict zones, significant questions remain regarding their design, implementation, and effectiveness. To advance our understanding of VEDR, this report draws insights from a review of the literature on ex-combatant disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR). The literature on DDR typically adopts a “whole of society” approach, which helps us to understand how systemic factors may influence VEDR at the individual level and outcomes at the societal level. Despite the important differences that will be reviewed, the international community’s thirty-year experience with DDR—which includes working with violent extremists—offers important insights for our understanding of VEDR.
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