Serving the Stigmatized

Working within the Incarcerated Environment

Wesley T. Church, David W. Springer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-067875-3 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	18.07.2018
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	239 x 160 mm
Gewicht	703 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-067875-5 / 0190678755
ISBN-13	978-0-19-067875-3 / 9780190678753
Zustand	Neuware