Hass Aida Y, Saxon Caryn E
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2012 Oct;56(7):1037-62. doi: 10.1177/0306624X11418914. Epub 2011 Aug 8.
The application of criminal justice sanctions is often misguided by a failure to recognize the need for a comprehensive approach in the transformation of offenders into law-abiding citizens. Restorative justice is a growing movement within criminal justice that recognizes the disconnect between offender rehabilitative measures and the social dynamics within which offender reentry takes place. By using restorative approaches to justice, what one hopes of these alternative processes is that the offenders become reconnected to the community and its values, something rarely seen in retributive models in which punishment is imposed and offenders can often experience further alienation from society. In this study, the authors wish to examine factors that contribute to failed prisoner reentry and reintegration and explore how restorative reintegration processes can address these factors as well as the needs, attitudes, and perceptions that help construct and maintain many of the obstacles and barriers returning inmates face when attempting to reintegrate into society.
刑事司法制裁的应用常常因未能认识到需要采取全面方法将罪犯改造为守法公民而被误导。恢复性司法是刑事司法领域中日益壮大的一项运动，它认识到罪犯改造措施与罪犯重新融入社会时所处的社会动态之间存在脱节。通过采用恢复性司法方法，人们对这些替代程序的期望是，罪犯能够重新与社区及其价值观建立联系，而这在惩罚性模式中很少见，在惩罚性模式中，惩罚被施加，罪犯往往会进一步与社会疏远。在本研究中，作者希望研究导致囚犯重新融入社会失败的因素，并探讨恢复性重新融入社会程序如何能够解决这些因素，以及有助于构建和维持许多回归囚犯在试图重新融入社会时所面临的障碍和壁垒的需求、态度和观念。
