Serving the Stigmatized

Working Within the Incarcerated Environment
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-067875-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

America's incarceration rate was roughly constant from 1925 to 1973, with an average of 110 people behind bars for every 100,000 residents. By 2013, however, the rate of incarceration in state and federal prisons had increased sevenfold to 716. Compared with 102 for Canada, 132 for England and Wales, 85 for France, and a paltry 48 in Japan, the United States is the worlds' most aggressive jailer. When one factors in those on parole or probation, the American correctional system is in control of more than 7.3 million Americans, or one in every 31 U.S. adults. This means that 6.7 million adult men and women -- about 3.1 percent of the total U.S. adult population -- are now very non-voluntary members of America's "correctional community."

Some key questions that need to be addressed are: "What are we doing with those 7.3 million Americans? How are they being treated while they are incarcerated? How can we best prepare them to return to their communities?" More than 650,000 offenders are released back into our communities every year; however, 70% are rearrested within three years of their release. Serving the Stigmatized is the first book of its kind that explores best practices when dealing with a specific prison population while under some form of institutional control. If the established goal of a correctional facility is to "rehabilitate," then it is imperative that the rehabilitation is effective and does not simply serve as a political buzz word. The timing of releasing this book coincides with a real movement in the United States, supported by both conservative and liberal advocates and foundations, to decrease the size of the prison population by returning more offenders to their communities. The text examines 14 specific populations and how to effectively treat them in order to better serve them and our communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Church, Wesley T

Springer, David W

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1--Mental Illness in Prison Populations: Policy, Practice, and Challenges

- Eprise R. Armstrong, Drew E. Winters, and Jeremiah W. Jaggers

- Chapter 2--Suicide Risk Among Adolescents Involved in the Justice System: Risk and Suggestions for Prevention

- Susan Deluca and Daley DiCorcia

- Chapter 3--Sex Offenders as Prison Inmates

- David Patrick Connor

- Chapter 4--HIV/AIDS and the Incarcerated Population

- Elizabeth C. Pomeroy

- Chapter 5--Aging, Stigma, and Criminal Justice: Toward Human Rights Based Assessment and Intervention

- Tina Maschi and George Leibowitz

- Chapter 6--Parents in Prison: Promoting Success During Reentry to the Community

- J. Mark Eddy and Jean E. Schumer

- Chapter 7--Youth Certified as Adults and Serving Adult Sentences

- Stephen W. Phillippi Jr. and Ellen P. McCann

- Chapter 8--Substance Abuse Treatment in Prison: The Therapeutic Community

- Matthew Hiller and Christine Saum

- Chapter 9--Sexuality on the Inside: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Inmates

- James Roffee and Andrea Waling

- Chapter 10--Trans People and Responding to Need: Improving Carceral Management

- James Roffee

- Chapter 11--The Role of Race/Ethnicity in Criminal and Juvenile Justice

- Susan McCarter

- Chapter 12--Coming Home: Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance Reentry Success

- Katie Berry, Matt Gilmour, Stephanie C. Kennedy, and Stephen J. Tripodi

- Chapter 13--Incarcerated Veterans

- Evan R. Seamone, Kate H. Thomas, and David L. Albright

- Chapter 14--Immigrant Inmates in the Correctional System

- Khadija Khaja and Jeremiah W. Jaggers

- Chapter 15--Terminal Illness in Correctional Settings

- Stephanie Grace Prost

Über Autor(innen)

Wesley T. Church II, PhD, LGSW, is the Director and J. Franklin Bayhi Endowed Professor at the Louisiana State University School of Social Work. Dr. Church earned his PhD from the University of Utah College of Social Work in 2003. Dr. Church's research has been focused on examining issues facing children and adolescents and their families. His interest lies in the impact of race, socio-economic status, gender, education, crime, and family on the involvement of children and their families as they navigate their way through major systems (i.e. welfare, justice, and health care).

David W. Springer, PhD, LCSW, is the Director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, a University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Fellow to the Sid Richardson Chair of Public Affairs in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He began his careers as a clinical social worker in community- and school-based settings with adolescents and their families. Today, his teaching and research coalesce around sustainable communities, criminal and juvenile justice, and positive youth development.