Protective halos, experts’ justification for failure and the ""job readiness"" of returning citizens

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 16392
Author(s):  
Audrey Holm
Keyword(s):  
Job Readiness ◽  
Returning Citizens

A Real Second Chance

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 272-275
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Political Advocacy ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Federal Inmates ◽  
Older Inmates ◽  
Returning Citizens ◽  
Second Chance

Amendments to the compassionate release provisions of the federal First Step Act and Second Chance Acts provide some opportunity for release for elderly and infirm federal inmates. This article examines the reentry successes of three Pennsylvania state inmates, all convicted of homicide, who won their release as re-sentenced juvenile lifers or through commutation. The author came to know them through a reentry group affiliated with a Pittsburgh university. Their success and scholarship about the low recidivism rates for violent offenders over the age fifty suggest that the criminal justice system should abolish the imposition of life sentences. More than avoid recidivism, each of these returning citizens has made positive contributions to their communities, both in and out of prison. They are working, obtaining educations, engaging in charitable work and political advocacy, and writing about their experiences. Their example and their description of many similarly-situated older inmates still in prison teach that society should not rest the argument for their release solely on compassion and pity. Rather, older inmates have learned coping skills that can help restore the communities that their crimes harmed and that they were taken from during their incarceration. For these reasons, the author suggests that prison sentences generally should provide for release after an inmate serves twenty-five years and attains the age of fifty.

Reintegration of returning citizens in the absence of formal transition programs: experiences from Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Zenawi Zerihun ◽  
Gebrehiwot Hadush ◽  
Tekeste Berhanu ◽  
Bahre Gebru ◽  
Tsegay Balcha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Programs ◽  
Returning Citizens

Returning Citizens and Point of Entry: Is There a Match?

2021 ◽  
pp. 104438942095643
Author(s):  
Sondra J. Fogel ◽  
Kim M. Lersch ◽  
Daniel Ringhoff ◽  
Jessica M. Grosholz
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Stable Housing ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Returning Citizens

The period after incarceration and the influence of neighborhood effects are gaining interest among scholars as a small body of evidence is illustrating the difficulties returning citizens have obtaining basic services and needs, employment, stable housing, and other social and behavioral health supports in the areas where they are being released. Transitional planning efforts to ensure that returning citizens are prepared to engage in society and have necessary supports are often made. However, returning citizens may be in local communities that do not offer needed supports, such as in areas of high poverty and criminal activity, and low employment options. Findings from this study suggest that more attention is needed to where returning citizens are released following their period of incarceration.

Towards a Reentry Mobilities Assemblage: An Exploration of Transportation and Obligation Among Returning Citizens

Mobilities ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Anne Nordberg ◽  
Jaya B. Davis ◽  
Mansi Patel ◽  
Stephen Mattingly ◽  
Sarah R. Leat
Keyword(s):  
Returning Citizens

The Influence Of Work Competence, Learning Motivation, Independence And Discipline On Work Readiness Of Vocational School Students In Cilacap Regency

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Joko Riyanto ◽  
Tri Kuat ◽  
Fatwa Tentama
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Work Readiness ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Job Readiness ◽  
Job Competence

This study examines the influence of: (1) job competence on student work readiness, (2) learning motivation on student work readiness, (3) independence on student work readiness, (4) discipline on student work readiness, and (5) job competence, learning motivation, independence and discipline on vocational students' job readiness. The research used quantitative methods, the research subjects were 717 vocational students. Data collection techniques using questionnaires and documentation. The questionnaire used; learning motivation, independence, discipline, and job readiness. The documentation used is the skill competency test scores for student work competencies. The data analysis technique used multiple regression. The implementation stage includes: descriptive analysis, classic assumption test and hypothesis testing. Research result; (1) job competence has a significant influence on vocational students' job readiness, a significance value of 0.007, so that Ha is accepted; (2) learning motivation has a significant effect on vocational students' job readiness, a significance value of 0.000, so that Ha is accepted; (3) independence has a significant effect on vocational students' job readiness, a significance value of 0.022, so that Ha is accepted; (4) discipline has a significant effect on vocational students' job readiness, a significance value of 0.000, so that Ha is accepted; (5) work competence, learning motivation, independence, and discipline together have a very significant effect on vocational students' job readiness, the simultaneous significance value is 0,000, so that Ha is accepted.

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