Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
prison system, crime, United States, prison population, reconvicted
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Economics
Abstract
Despite the recent slowing of population rates within the United States prison system, the prison population is at a record high. The vast majority of these 1.4 million incarcerated individuals will be released back into the community, and a significant number of these ex-inmates will relapse back into a habit of crime, eventually be reconvicted, and ultimately re-sentenced. The prospect of thousands of ex-prisoners returning to their homes and communities, and their probable recidivism, is a concern to many. But other than atheoretical studies on recidivism itself, prisoner re-entry as a whole has been neglected by the research community. The purpose of our study is to better understand re-entry by looking at prison-to-home adjustment with a broad perspective and a theoretical base. Through the paradigm of Symbolic Interaction, we will study prisoners’ fatherhood identity and its effect on their personal happiness/unhappiness and eventual prison-to-home adjustment.
Recommended Citation
Snyder, Rebecca and Day, Randal
(2013)
"From Prison to Home,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 216.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/216