Unlocking Future: Empowering Reentry Through Research

• In Event: Science based strategies for reintegration after prison

Abstract

A constant theme in criminological research is how to work most effectively with people released from prison to reintegrate them back into society. This paper presents a proposal for systematic work with convicts that begins during incarceration, culminates just prior to release, and continues in post-penitentiary care. The authors draw on extensive empirical research among prison staff, analysis of prison service statistical data, psychological assessments of inmates preparing for release, and interviews with judges and prosecutors. Although the proposed system is based on Czech realities, it is a generally applicable model working with current knowledge about desistance as well as structural problems that persons may encounter when trying to integrate.

Authors

• Petra Zhrivalova, INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY AND SOCIAL PREVENTION

• Tereza Raszková, The Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention (IKSP)

• Lucie Háková, Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention