scholarly journals Limited Intersectional Approaches to Veteran and Former Prisoner Reintegration: Examining Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Dernberger
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
Prisoner Reintegration ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
The Military

This paper is published in Sociological Imagination. Citation: Dernberger, Brittany. 2017. “Limited Intersectional Approaches to Veteran and Former Prisoner Reintegration: Examining Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation.” Sociological Imagination 53(1): 100-131. Recent legal and policy changes within two prominent institutions, the military and criminal justice system, have profoundly altered the visibility – and subsequent rights – of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) service members and those currently incarcerated. Comparing these two institutions side-by-side illustrates how LGBT inequality mechanisms operate at both an individual and systemic level. Both the military and criminal justice system are total, hypermasculine institutions, both are socially concentrated experiences, both end with a changed relationship with the state, and both veterans and those formerly incarcerated have comparable challenges to reintegration upon returning to their communities. Intersectional analysis provides an apt tool to critically examine how reintegration processes differ for those identifying as LGBT. I examine ways in which existing literature is intersectional and highlight the lack of analyses about systems of power that amplify or moderate former prisoner re-entry and veteran transition for those identifying as LGBT. Finally, I discuss why there may be a lack of attention to intersectionality, and specifically to LGBT individuals, in the literature and address how an intersectional framework would contribute to both public policy and to expanding the existing literature on social inequality and stratification.

Introduction: Separate rules for a separate society

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene R. Fidell
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Military Justice ◽  
The Military

The military represents a specialized society within society as a whole. It has a specific purpose: the achievement of military goals that are in contrast to the goals of the larger society, which are, at least in democratic countries, aimed at maximizing individual autonomy. The Introduction outlines what military justice is and explains that the nature and scope of military justice in any particular country will tell a good deal about that country’s political values. It considers several questions: How does the military justice system differ from the civilian criminal justice system? What is a court-martial? What rights does a military accused have?

Case management helps prevent criminal justice recidivism for people with serious mental illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 168-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Leutwyler ◽  
Erin Hubbard ◽  
Elaine Zahnd
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
Community Reentry ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how case management can decrease recidivism for people with serious mental illness (SMI) because people with SMI are at high risk for incarceration and recidivism. Design/methodology/approach Examples of successful case management models for formerly incarcerated individuals with SMI found through a secondary analysis of qualitative data and an analysis of the literature are presented. Findings Currently, no international, national, or statewide guidelines exist to ensure that formerly incarcerated individuals with SMI receive case management upon community reentry despite evidence that such services can prevent further criminal justice involvement. Recommendations include establishment of and evaluation of best practices for case management. In addition, the authors recommend additional funding for case management with the goal of greatly increasing the number of individuals with SMI leaving the criminal justice system in their ability to access adequate case management. Originality/value Providing effective case management tailored to the needs of formerly incarcerated people with SMI improves their quality of life and reduces their involvement in the criminal justice system with clear positive outcomes for public safety and public health.

scholarly journals “RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN MILITARY: PENAL MEDIATION IN THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT COMMITTED BY INDONESIAN NATIONAL ARMY.”

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5172-5178
Author(s):  
Ramlani Lina Sinaulan Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Military Justice ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
The Military

This research attempts to introduce and integrate two relatively foreign concepts to each other; paradigm of restorative justice and military justice system. The aim is simple, namely to explore the extent and under what conditions these two routes of adjudication can function side by side without violating core principles of traditional military justice. This goal implies one important point; not all criminal cases that fall under the jurisdiction of military justice can be resolved using a restorative justice approach. The application of restorative justice in the settlement of traffic accident cases committed by TNI soldiers can only be implemented by reforming the three components of the legal system as stated by Lawrence Friedman, namely legal substance, legal structure and legal culture. Operationally, the application of restorative justice can be carried out in 3 (three) stages, namely investigation, prosecution and trial. However, the application of restorative justice at these three stages is not intended to replace the criminal justice system within the military court, because the restorative justice program is basically complementary and not a substitute for the criminal justice system.

Prisoner Re-Entry and Desistance

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-109
Author(s):  
Luis F. Nuño
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Prisoner Reentry ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Incarcerated Men ◽  
Release From Prison

Prisoner reentry is a concept that examines the reality faced by formerly incarcerated men and women upon their release from a correction facility. A primary concern from the perspective of institutions within the criminal justice system is whether formerly incarcerated men or women return to prison. Re-incarceration is a signal that the institution has failed at rehabilitating the former convict, as well as signal of personal failure on the part of the ex-con. Prisoner reentry is much more complex than the idea of reincarceration after release from prison lets on. There is an abundance of research on the reentry experience. This chapter reviews some important findings relevant to our understanding of the prisoner reentry experience.

scholarly journals Is this the Dawning of the Age of Surveillance? - Monitoring Offenders in New Zealand

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Workman
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Prisoner Reintegration ◽  
Surveillance Society ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Offender Reintegration

Over the last ten years, the New Zealand criminal justice system has moved inexorably toward embracing policies and legislation which favour offender surveillance over offender reintegration and rehabilitation. This article discusses the recent growth of surveillance legislation in New Zealand, the impact on the traditional norms and values of the criminal justice system, and the wider implications of becoming a “surveillance society.” It argues that the introduction of surveillance has occurred in the absence of any scientific evidence for its effectiveness, that it has harmed our international human rights record, and impeded effective prisoner reintegration. It concludes by putting a case for a more comprehensive and evidence-based approach to prisoner and offender reintegration.

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