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Re-Entry and Desistance from Crime in a Digital Era book cover

1st Edition

Re-Entry and Desistance from Crime in a Digital Era

By Isabelle F.-Dufour, Stephen Farrall, Eeva Järveläinen, Hanna Rantala, Ailie Rennie, Birgitta Tetri, Luna Ihamouine-Molto Copyright 2027
240 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The volume reports on an empirical study of men and women who started were imprisoned in Canada, England and Finland, during or after the covid pandemic and who were subsequently released back into the community. Drawing on studies of the offenders and practitioners involved, through a comparative lens the men and women’s experiences of their return to society, Re-Entry and Desistance from... Read more

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements

PART I

1. Introduction

2. A Structurally Mediated Theory of Desistance from Crime

3. Comparing Processes of Desistance in Three Countries

PART II

4. What Were the Circumstances into Which People Were Released? I: The Political Discourses

5. What Were the Circumstances into Which People Were Released? II: Housing and the Welfare System

6. What Were the Circumstances into Which People Were Released? III: The Role of Employment and Feelings of Stigma

PART III

7. Technology as a Means to Survive in a Digitalised Society: A Comparative study on re-entry and desistance from crime

8. Rebuilding Lives: Social Support and Contextual Shifts in Assisted Desistance Processes

9. The Multiple Approaches to Social Interaction in Supporting Desistance from Crime

10. What are the Meanings of Peer Support? An Exploration of Service Users’ Experiences of Peer Support During Re-entry

11. Spontaneous Narratives of Trauma Among Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: A Comparative Study Across Canada, England and Wales, and Finland

PART IV

12. Conclusion

Biography

Isabelle F.-Dufour is Professor in Psychoeducation at Université Laval, in Canada.

Stephen Farrall is Professor of Criminology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Eeva Järveläinen is Principal Lecturer and Leader of Correctional Services Research Group at Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

Hanna Rantala is an RDI specialist at Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

Ailie Rennie is a Research Assistant at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Birgitta Tetri is an RDI specialist and researcher at Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

Luna Ihamouine-Molto is a Masters student in criminology at Université Laval, in Canada.

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