Sydney N. Ingel, Daniela Barberi, Danielle S. Rudes, F. Taxman
{"title":"Lessons learned from a peer support program for individuals seeking substance use recovery","authors":"Sydney N. Ingel, Daniela Barberi, Danielle S. Rudes, F. Taxman","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2128151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2128151","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Peer navigation is a model that includes connecting an individual in need of services with a peer who can navigate engagement in clinical treatment services and provide emotional and logistical support that is often unavailable through the traditional system. In the substance use field—where the use of peers is a relatively new phenomenon—peers are individuals with lived experiences who are in recovery themselves. In 2016, a peer program called RECOVERY was implemented in a northeastern U.S. state. This team of peers act as a bridge between a referral source (e.g., police, emergency services, hospital) and treatment facilities. Using semi-structured interviews from the team of peers (N = 5), this paper provides a case study of the implementation process for this peer recovery program. The findings identify potential barriers and facilitators to peer services and offer a feasible approach for implementing peer support programs in substance use settings.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42217109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eman Tadros, Katherine A. Durante, Amy A. Morgan, Rayna Hutcherson
{"title":"An actor-partner interdependence model analysis of family support and depression among coparenting couples with an incarcerated partner","authors":"Eman Tadros, Katherine A. Durante, Amy A. Morgan, Rayna Hutcherson","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2116521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2116521","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract More people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other nation in the world. The incarcerated population disproportionately struggles with mental health issues. Familial support can help mitigate the detrimental consequences for incarcerated persons struggling with mental health issues, as well as for their families. We use data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, and employ Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling (APIM) to examine the relationship between perceived extended family support and depression for dyads consisting of incarcerated men and their non-incarcerated, female coparenting and romantic partners. We find that higher levels of perceived family support lessen depressive symptoms for both dyad members. However, higher levels of perceived support for both men and women disproportionately benefit the non-incarcerated woman, as the non-incarcerated women may additionally benefit from having male partners with better perceived social support. Clinical implications and future directions for incarcerated individuals and their families are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44544453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Butler, Michael F. Campagna, Ryan Spohn, Katelynn Towne
{"title":"Understanding volunteerism: the role of the participant in non-clinical correctional programming","authors":"H. Butler, Michael F. Campagna, Ryan Spohn, Katelynn Towne","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2116520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2116520","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Most incarcerated individuals do not participate in prison programming, which may be due to the limited availability of programs or the voluntaristic nature of programming. Most incarcerated individuals are provided the opportunity to select their own non-clinical programming. This voluntaristic approach to program participation provides an opportunity to explore the characteristics of who opts into non-clinical programming when given the choice, an inquiry that acknowledges potential practical and ethical limitations to a non-clinical delivery of programming. In this study, we utilize administrative data from a Midwestern state to understand who volunteers for correctional programming in institutional and community settings. Findings reveal days incarcerated and gender are the strongest predictors of volunteerism for a broad array of correctional programs. Implications include a deeper understanding of volunteer characteristics that may assist agencies to adjust strategies aimed at improving correctional outcomes.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44150409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Yakovchenko, H. Matthews, Dara C Drawbridge, J. Ackourey, Molly M. Simmons, D. Smelson, D. Pinals, Rhiana. Kohl, D. McInnes
{"title":"Reentry and recidivism: comparison of veterans and nonveterans in a 3-year state prison release cohort","authors":"V. Yakovchenko, H. Matthews, Dara C Drawbridge, J. Ackourey, Molly M. Simmons, D. Smelson, D. Pinals, Rhiana. Kohl, D. McInnes","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2116522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2116522","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the United States, 95% of people incarcerated in prisons will eventually return to the community; however, almost half will be rearrested at least once in the first year after release. To better understand risk, need, and responsivity in order to develop reentry policy and programming, this brief report examines whether and how veterans and nonveterans leaving state prison differ on demographics, behavioral health needs, criminal history, and recidivism. Veterans compared to nonveterans leaving incarceration were older, more likely to be White, and more educated and needed more mental health treatment. Veterans had fewer drug offenses, but more sex offenses. Risk to recidivate was lower in veterans compared to nonveterans, yet there was no difference in measured 1-year recidivism. The Department of Veterans Affairs and community service providers may need to tailor programs to meet the differing needs of veterans versus nonveterans, while accounting for race.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43761949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is reduced contact with the formal labor market over time associated with heightened recidivism risk?","authors":"S. Kolbeck","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2093307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2093307","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research addresses whether reductions in formal labor market contact over time lead to heightened recidivism risk among the formerly incarcerated. To address this question, this research draws on a sample of 2,050 Ohio ex-prisoners. First, using group-based trajectory modeling, subjects are categorized into four distinct categories of employment stability, reflecting longitudinal trajectories of formal labor market contact. Then, event-history analysis is used to empirically assess the implications of declining contact with the formal labor market on recidivism risk. Results demonstrate that (1) the recidivism risk of subjects with declining employment stability diverges substantially from the recidivism risk of subjects with high stability over time, (2) the recidivism risk of subjects with declining stability converges with the recidivism risk of subjects with low stability or no employment over time, and (3) heightened recidivism risk among subjects with declining stability occurs contemporaneously to reductions in formal labor market contact. Thus, this research provides novel evidence that dislocation from the formal labor market over time heightens recidivism risk among the formerly incarcerated and suggests that employment-based reentry programming may need to increasingly focus on helping the formerly maintain employment over longer periods of time.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45099738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The experiences of older formerly incarcerated adults in a specialized reentry program during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Robin O’Hanlon, Jessica S. Broome","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2081647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2081647","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A growing area of concern among prison reform advocates and human rights activists is the “greying prison population” or the continuous, unified growth in the number of older incarcerated individuals. Older individuals experience an accelerated aging process while incarcerated, but are less likely to reoffend upon release. While the aging prison population has in recent years become a focus of criminological and gerontological scholars, the lived experience of older formerly incarcerated individuals during the reentry process remains understudied. Using a qualitative approach, this cohort study seeks to further elucidate the unique needs, beliefs, and perceptions of this population within the context of an unprecedented public health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of interviews was conducted with participants in a comprehensive reentry program for formerly incarcerated older adults in New York City who had been released between 2019 and 2020. Participants (n = 9) reported that their greatest challenges during the reentry process were securing safe and stable housing, managing physical and mental health issues, and coping with trauma, social isolation, and interpersonal conflicts. Other criminogenic factors which are typically associated with recidivism were less frequently reported among the cohort, including challenges securing employment and substance abuse issues.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42780070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic alliance and its setting with those who have sexually offended and implications for community maintenance programs","authors":"Carollyne Youssef","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2093306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2093306","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Developing an understanding of how people who have been to prison maintain changes they may have made in a custodial program, successfully (re)integrate upon release to the community and ultimately, desist, is imperative if we want to prevent their return to prison. Reentry and reintegration processes are fraught with challenges for parolees and community support to assist with this process is important. Community maintenance programs are programs that are in theory designed to aid those who have been released from prison to successfully reintegrate, by providing ongoing specialized and professional support in the community. Factors relevant to successful reintegration for those who have offended included a variety of factors beyond program content, which includes therapist characteristics, client’s perceptions of their therapists and the therapeutic alliance. This paper examines the therapeutic relationship and proposes that the setting within which a therapeutic relationship takes place needs to be considered as a fourth factor to Bordin’s model of therapeutic alliance, which seems particularly relevant to the forensic context. There will be a specific focus on the impact of correctional organizations on therapeutic programs and staff. Implications for practice and future research are also considered.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42769424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tonya B. Van Deinse, Ashley D. Givens, Joseph J. Frey, Mariah Cowell, Gary S. Cuddeback
{"title":"Size and attributes of probation officers’ service provider networks: connecting individuals with mental illnesses to community-based supports","authors":"Tonya B. Van Deinse, Ashley D. Givens, Joseph J. Frey, Mariah Cowell, Gary S. Cuddeback","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2082623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2082623","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This exploratory study examines inter-organizational communication patterns and information sharing between probation officers and service providers when coordinating services for people with mental illnesses on probation. Thirty-four probation officers from one rural (n = 12) and one urban (n = 22) county completed a researcher-administered questionnaire pertaining to the size of probation officers’ service provider networks and the frequency and nature of contacts with those networks. Egocentric network analysis and bivariate inferential statistics were used to examine direct relational ties between each officer and the service providers within their communities. Probation officers in both counties reported high frequency of contact with service providers and indicated that service providers and officers were more likely to share information if reciprocated by their dyad counterpart. Probation agencies may consider enhancing probation officers’ service provider networks and fostering reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationships to ensure timely access to services for adults with mental illnesses who are on probation.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43891920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reduced criminal thinking in the values-based Prison Fellowship Academy® program","authors":"Lacey Byram Moore, S. Shannon","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2081646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2081646","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Renewed focus on rehabilitative prison programming in recent years has generated a need to evaluate the effectiveness of existing and emerging approaches to reducing criminogenic risks and needs. This study analyzes data from The Prison Fellowship Academy® (the Academy), a 12–14 month intensive in-prison intervention program based on cognitive-behavioral modalities and research on criminogenic risk factors. Results from pre- and posttest assessments among 112 participants who completed the Academy in six cohorts across four male prisons in four states suggest that the program contributes to significant reductions in overall criminal thinking as well as in specific subscales of these assessments, including short-term orientation, entitlement, accepting responsibility, negative attitudes toward authority, victim impact, power orientation, and rationalization. Further research should examine how reductions in criminal thinking are related to long-term changes in criminal behavior and prison climate.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44729995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not just by rates of recidivism: how NYC black men define success after prison","authors":"M. DeVeaux","doi":"10.1080/10509674.2022.2081648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2081648","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A qualitative study using data from semi-structured interviews of 17 formerly incarcerated African American men was used to provide an understanding of post-prison success defined by the men after having been in the community at least 3 years. Rejecting traditional notions of success related to rates of recidivism as the defining element of success, success, as defined by the men in the study included several components. The findings of this study demonstrate that success is a construct inclusive of material, social, and psychological components. Various themes emerged from the data to which respondents attached importance that were linked to each component of success. These findings can enhance the practice for a range of human service providers and others who work with justice-involved African American men and enable them to better understand and serve this population, while also encouraging the development of additional methods to address the challenges related to release post-prison, reentry policy, and reentry programing.","PeriodicalId":46878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Offender Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45885328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}