Essays about: "ex-offenders"

Found 4 essays containing the word ex-offenders.

1. 1. The Complexity of Rehabilitation in Open and Closed Prison Setting

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Lana Osment; [2018]
   Keywords : closed prisons; open prisons; Germany; rehabilitation; social workers; Foucault; discipline; punishment; disciplinary power; bio-power; surveillance.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In Germany, prisoners have a constitutional right to rehabilitation (“resocialization”). In the Lebach judgment of 1973, a landmark ruling that served as the basis for the 1976 Prison Act (Strafvollzugsgesetz [StVollzG]), rehabilitation was seen by the German Federal Constitutional Court as part of the guaranteed rights of prisoners to retain their human dignity (Dünkel & van Zyl Smit, 2007, p. READ MORE

3. 2. Successful Reentry Through the Eyes of Female Ex-Offenders: A Qualitative Study

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Sabrine Mette Larsen; [2017]
   Keywords : cognitive transformation; female ex-offender; making good; semi-structured interviews; successful reentry; qualitative research;

   Abstract : The thesis aims to highlight successful stories of female ex-offender reentry into the community. Success, rather than failure, seems to be a current research gap in reentry literature. To gain an insight on the matter, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with seven female ex-offenders. READ MORE

4. 3. Exploring the Path of Criminality : A qualitative study about ex-offenders' life stories

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

   Author : Emelie Perdomo; Mikaela Sultán; [2015]
   Keywords : ex-offenders; reintegration; prison; life stories; attitudes; support;

   Abstract : This is an explorative study conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of the criminal life by exploring ex-offenders’ stories and analyzing what possible factors could have had an impact on them. The method used was that of semi structured, narrative interviewing and the theories used to analyze and gain a deeper understanding of the results were those of social constructionist theory, differential association theory, and labeling theory. READ MORE

5. 4. From Involvement to Maintained Desistance of CrimeThrough a Rational Choice Perspective : An Analysis ofNarratives From Male Ex-Offenders

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Amanda Wallberg; Johan Wennerholm; [2015]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Studying why people desist from criminality is a topic that needs research,as it is beneficial to society, the victims and the offenders. Crimes andrecidivism is a cost to society that could be reduced if more research wasdone regarding why an offender desists from crime and what keeps themmaintaining desistance. READ MORE