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Evans, D. G. (2018). Reentry Challenges for Older Persons Under Community Supervision. Journal of Community Corrections, 28(1), 4–30.
The author discusses the challenges to successful reentry into society faced by older offenders. He highlights the fact that older offenders have a lower risk of recidivism but are more more likely to develop chronic illnesses, and have difficulty accessing affordable housing with limited incomes.
Long, Carmen. (2006). “Developing National Substance Abuse Programs in Canadian Federal Corrections” in Forums on Corrections Research, 18(1): pp.38–41.
Simply, this article discusses the development of national substance abuse programs in the Canadian federal corrections system.
Howell, T. (2016). Stories of Transformation: Aboriginal Offenders’ Journey from Prison to the Community. American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 40(1), 101–118.
Author Teresa Howell, discusses the reintegration of Canadian aboriginal peoples into the community following their prison sentences in the Canadian Criminal Justice System.
Hoing, Mechtild, Stefan Bogaerts, Bas Vogelvang. (2013). “Circles of Support and Accountability: How and Why They Work for Sex Offenders” in Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 13(4): pp.267–295.
This study provides a theoretical underpinning and empirical validation of the Circles of Support and Accountability intervention model, based on a grounded theory analysis of 38 circle narratives, reflecting the experiences of 21 circles.
Hurst, Christine. (2014). “Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Federal Corrections: Perspectives from the Office of the Correctional Investigator” in Journal of Community Corrections, 23(2): pp.7–17.
The article discusses the perspectives of the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada on the conditions of aboriginal people in federal corrections.
Matejkowski, Jason and Michael Ostermann. (February 2015). “Serious Mental Illness, Criminal Risk, Parole Supervision, and Recidivism: Testing of Conditional Effects” in Law and Human Behavior, 39(1): pp.75–86.
This current study examined whether this relationship with recidivism is mediated by criminal risk level and whether parole supervision can ameliorate the effects of SMI on recidivism.
Miller, Joel, Joel M. Caplan and Michael Ostermann. (June 2016). “Assessing the Effects of Local Crime Hotspots on Parole Recidivism” in Prison Journal, 96(3): pp.437–461.
According to its abstract, this study tests hypotheses based on crime pattern theory: (a) There are associations between parolee recidivism and property, drug, and violent crime hotspots within 1,200 feet of their residences; (b) these effects are uneven, with smaller associations found closer to the parolee residence.
Montford, Kelly Struthers. (2015). “Transforming Choices: The Marginalization of Gender-Specific Policy Making in Canadian Approaches to Women’s Federal Imprisonment” in Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 27(2): pp.284–310.
This analysis compares the composition of the committees responsible for particular policy documents, their mandates, their consultation processes, and how these factors shaped their respective conclusions and recommendations.
Ricciardelli, Rose. (2014). Surviving Incarceration: Inside Canadian Prisons. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
In this book, the author draws on interviews with almost sixty former federal prisoners to show how their criminal convictions, masculinity, and sexuality determined their social status in prison and, in consequence, their potential for victimization.
Sapers, Howard. (Summer 2015). “Reintegration in Canadian Federal Corrections: Challenges and Opportunities” in Journal of Community Corrections, 24(4): pp.7–18.
Drawing on the Canadian experience, the author shares some thoughts about how federally sentenced offenders are prepared for release and about some of the barriers they face and must overcome when reentering society.
Watson TM. The politics of harm reduction in federal prisons. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2014;25(5):916-923.
Principle researcher Tara Watson discusses results from 16 interviews conducted with former Correctional Service of Canada officials, former frontline staff, and external stakeholders regarding federal corrections zero-tolerance drug policies. She explores the political barriers to the implantation of harm reduction programs such as prison needle and syringe programs and safer tattooing initiatives.
Zinger, I. (2016). Human rights and federal corrections: A commentary on a decade of tough on crime policies in Canada. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 58(4), 609–627.
Ivan Zinger, former Executive Director of the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada, offers an insightful commentary on impact of a decade of tough on crime policies on federal corrections in Canada.
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