Does a residential relocation enable satisfying travel?

This book is about building credible science to address the challenge of criminal recidivism. It does so by drawing upon a unique natural experiment that presented an opportunity to witness an alternate reality. More than 625,000 individuals are released from prison in the United States each year, and roughly half of these individuals will be back in prison within just three years. A likely contributor to the churning of the same individuals in and out of prison is the fact that many released prisoners return home to the same environment with the same criminal opportunities and criminal peers that proved so detrimental to their behavior prior to incarceration. This study uses Hurricane Katrina as a natural experiment for examining the question of whether residential relocation away from an old neighborhood can lead to desistance from crime. Many prisoners released soon after Katrina could not go back to their old neighborhoods, as they normally would have done. Their neighborhoods were devastated by a once-in-a-generation storm that damaged the vast majority of housing units in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina provided a rare opportunity to investigate what happens when individuals move not just a short distance, but to entirely different cities, counties, and social worlds. This study draws upon both quantitative and qualitative evidence to reveal where newly released prisoners resided in the wake of the Katrina, the effect of residential relocation on the likelihood of reincarceration through eight years post-release, and the mechanisms revealing why residential change is so important after release from prison.

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Care Interrupted: Residential Relocation and Its Association With Healthcare Utilization Among People With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1016/j.apmr.2020.09.031 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 101 (11) ◽

pp. e11-e12

Author(s):

Lauren Murphy ◽

Amanda Botticello ◽

Michael Scott ◽

Susan Charlifue ◽

Mary Jo Roach ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Healthcare Utilization ◽

Residential Relocation ◽

Cord Injury

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A Mixed Methods Study on the Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity Associated with Residential Relocation

Journal of Environmental and Public Health ◽

10.1155/2018/1094812 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Grazia Salvo ◽

Bonnie M. Lashewicz ◽

Patricia K. Doyle-Baker ◽

Gavin R. McCormack

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Mixed Methods Study ◽

Barriers And Facilitators ◽

Residential Relocation ◽

Quantitative Phase ◽

Neighbourhood Walkability ◽

Perceived Change ◽

Leisure Physical Activity

Despite evidence suggesting that neighbourhood characteristics are associated with physical activity, very few mixed methods studies investigate how relocating neighbourhood, and subsequent changes in the built environment, influences physical activity. This sequential mixed methods study estimates associations between changes in overall physical activity and transportation walking and cycling and changes in objectively assessed neighbourhood walkability (quantitative phase) and describes perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity following residential relocation (qualitative phase). During the quantitative phase, self-reported changes in transportation walking, transportation cycling, and overall physical activity following residential relocation were measured using a 5-point scale: (1) a lot less now, (2) a little less now, (3) about the same, (4) a little more now, and (5) a lot more now. Walkability improvers reported a slight increase in transportation walking (mean = 3.29, standard deviation (SD) = 0.87), while walkability decliners reported little or no perceived change in their transportation walking after relocation (mean = 2.96, SD = 1.12). This difference approached statistical significance (p=0.053). Furthermore, walkability decliners reported a slight decrease in transportation cycling (mean = 2.69, SD = 0.96), while walkability improvers reported little or no perceived change in their transportation cycling after relocation (mean = 3.02, SD = 0.84). This difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Change in walkability resulting from relocation was not significantly associated with perceived change in overall physical activity. Our qualitative findings suggest that moving to a neighbourhood with safe paths connecting to nearby destinations can facilitate transportation walking and cycling. Some participants describe adjusting their leisure physical activity to compensate for changes in transportation walking and cycling. Strong contributors to neighbourhood leisure physical activity included the presence of aesthetic features and availability of recreational opportunities that allow for the creation of social connections with community and family.

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