Informal Helping Mechanisms: Conceptual Issues in Family Support of Reentry of Former Prisoners.

摘要: Abstract Reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals into society is an experience that must be negotiated not only by the former prisoner, but also many other actors. Research has examined pre-prison experiences, incarceration and post-release behavior prisoners, focusing on how such experiences affect socioeconomic psychological stability well-being family. This research stimulated renewed widespread interest in what to do with once they have been released from prison. However, a major source support for upon releasenamely, familyhas gone unresearched. Because returning prisoners contacts their families release, conceptual issues regarding family considered before researchers' ideas about reentry-problem solutions can evaluated. To inform enlighten prisoner reentry-family discussion, this article reviews current st...