Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-81). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-114). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Texas, August, 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Child and Family Ecology, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-135). Also issued in print.

Title from title screen (viewed April 17,2010). / "March 2010." "The Harlem Parole Reentry Court was established in June of 2001 in response to the high concentration of parolees returning to the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Created by the Center for Court Innovation in cooperation with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Division of Parole, the Reentry Court provides intensive judicial oversight, supervision and services to new parolees during the first six months following release from state prison. The goal of the program is to stabilize returning parolees in the initial phase of their reintegration by helping them to find jobs, secure housing, remain drug-free and assume familial and personal responsibilties. Following graduation, participants are transferred to traditional parole supervision, where they may continue to receive case management services voluntarily through the Reentry Court." -- Executive summary. "The Reentry Court seems to have had a positive effect with regard to preventing new crimes as measured by rearrests and reconvictions. However, participants were found to have higher rates of revocations. In particular, program participants were more likely to be revoked for technical violations of parole conditions. Given the lower caseload and greater intensity of the program, it is assumed that :"supervision effects" are partially responsible for the higher rate of technical violations. In other words, the Harlem Parole Reentry Court may be detecting violations that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. This suggests that reentry courts may want to explore enhancing the use of alternative sanctions in lieu of revocation. Furthermore, reentry courts should explore the possibility of providing greater feedback to parole officers and case managers, making them aware of potential unintended consequences when supervision is increased." -- Executive summary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-40).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Title from title screen (viewed April 17,2010). / "March 2010." "The Harlem Parole Reentry Court was established in June of 2001 in response to the high concentration of parolees returning to the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Created by the Center for Court Innovation in cooperation with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Division of Parole, the Reentry Court provides intensive judicial oversight, supervision and services to new parolees during the first six months following release from state prison. The goal of the program is to stabilize returning parolees in the initial phase of their reintegration by helping them to find jobs, secure housing, remain drug-free and assume familial and personal responsibilties. Following graduation, participants are transferred to traditional parole supervision, where they may continue to receive case management services voluntarily through the Reentry Court." -- Executive summary. "The Reentry Court seems to have had a positive effect with regard to preventing new crimes as measured by rearrests and reconvictions. However, participants were found to have higher rates of revocations. In particular, program participants were more likely to be revoked for technical violations of parole conditions. Given the lower caseload and greater intensity of the program, it is assumed that :"supervision effects" are partially responsible for the higher rate of technical violations. In other words, the Harlem Parole Reentry Court may be detecting violations that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. This suggests that reentry courts may want to explore enhancing the use of alternative sanctions in lieu of revocation. Furthermore, reentry courts should explore the possibility of providing greater feedback to parole officers and case managers, making them aware of potential unintended consequences when supervision is increased." -- Executive summary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-40).

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Gordon Waldo, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 49 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Kriminalvården i Sverige ansvarar för att verkställa fängelsestraff. På svenska anstalter kan personer gå behandlingsprogram och arbetsträna. Tanken är att individen ska vara anpassad att klara livet i samhället efteråt. Samtidigt visar forskning att anpassningen till samhället för en person som suttit i fängelse är problematisk. Personer som avverkat fängelsestraff har ofta svårt att finna bostad, arbete och en trygg gemenskap. Det är också vanligt att de blir diskriminerade och utsatta. Syftet med studien var att undersöka tidigare kriminellas erfarenheter av att anpassa sig till ett samhällsliv utan kriminalitet efter att ha avverkat ett fängelsestraff. Frågeställningarna berörde myndigheters insatser, skyddsfaktorer och stigmatisering. Det var en kvalitativ studie som byggde på intervjuer med fyra personer som suttit på svensk anstalt. Ett snöbollsurval gjordes, och via intresseorganisationerna KRIS och LP togs kontakt med  intervjupersoner. Den insamlade empirin bearbetades med en konventionell innehållsanalys. Resultatet visade att kriminalvårdens insatser var främst övervakare, kontaktpersoner, behandlingsprogram och kurser på anstalten. Behandlingsprogrammen och kurserna byggde på frivillighet. Arbetsförmedlingen fanns representerad på anstalterna i form av information, men ingen intervjuperson upplevde att det gett dem mycket hjälp.  Socialtjänstens insatser berörde främst boende, men hade i intervjupersonernas fall inte fungerat. En hade fått ekonomiskt bistånd som var nästintill obefintligt. Skyddsfaktorerna som lyftes fram var bland annat familj, arbete, bostad och en trygg gemenskap. Samtliga tillfrågade hade upplevt olika former av diskriminering, bland annat vid jobbsökandet, men även att de känt sig annorlunda behandlade och utstötta. Det tema och som formades blev att insatser och skyddsfaktorer är viktiga för att anpassa sig till samhället, men att ingendera betyder mycket om personen saknar en egen inre drivkraft. Motivationen är nyckeln till förändring. Diskussionsdelen tar bland annat upp frivilligheten kring kriminalvårdens insatser, och diskuterar frihet kontra tvång.

The principle objective of this dissertation is to study the living conditions of prison inmates from a resource perspective. The empirical section builds on a level-of-living survey of prison inmates in Sweden. A representative sample of inmates (n=411) were interviewed about their living conditions, with the focus placed primarily on their situation prior to imprisonment. Most of the questions are taken from the national level-of-living surveys of the general population, thus allowing for comparisons with the living conditions of the population at large. The findings are organised into three main areas: childhood, living conditions and recidivism. They reveal large differences by comparison with the rest of the population regarding the areas examined in the level-of-living surveys, i.e. childhood conditions, education, employment, financial situation, housing, health, social relations, political resources and criminal victimisation. These differences are particularly marked when different resource deficiencies/welfare problems are viewed in combination. Low levels of participation in and poor links to the labour market, as well as various welfare problems, mean that as a group the inmates can be described as marginalised and/or socially excluded. Their situation is further affected by aspects of their living conditions not included in the level-of-living surveys of the general population, such as the abuse of alcohol and/or drugs, being sentenced to prison and recidivism. When particular groups of prison inmates are examined separately, the situation of female inmates appears to be particularly problematic. They are more likely to be substance abusers, and have accumulated a larger number of resource deficiencies. Between an individual’s debut in crime and recidivism leading to a new prison or probationary sentence, a selection process takes place on several levels. As a group, inmates differ from the general population inter alia in their experience of worse childhood and living conditions. Further, those inmates who re-offend tend to live under worse conditions than those who desist from crime. This process is interpreted from a perspective which regards an individual’s access to resources as having a vital impact on their chances in life. The conditioning influence of society at large has a profound effect on the level of opportunities available to an individual. The final section of the dissertation therefore focuses on the link between structural factors and a lack of resources at the individual level. Economic trends in Sweden during the 1990s have made this a factor of highly topical interest; already vulnerable groups were hit much harder than others by the economic crisis and rising unemployment. Against the background of this trend and an increasing individualisation in the way social problems are viewed, the distance between prison inmates and the remainder of the population is deemed likely to have increased. This conjecture is given support by the few indicators available.