Mowen Thomas J, Boman John H
Bowling Green State University, OH, USA.
Crime Delinq. 2019 May;65(5):681-704. doi: 10.1177/0011128718800286. Epub 2018 Oct 13.
Prior work on the process of reentry from prison has highlighted the pivotal role that family and peers play during reintegration. Families are traditionally understood as important protective mechanisms against recidivism whereas peers are typically viewed as primarily criminogenic. Yet, drawing from differential coercion and social support theory, family and peer relationships can both be supportive (and protect against recidivism) and coercive (and contribute to recidivism). Using four waves of data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, results of mixed-effects models demonstrate that family, but not peer, coercion relates to increased odds of reincarceration. Peer, but not family, social support relates to decreased odds of reincarceration. Findings suggest families are primarily criminogenic, whereas peers are protective during reentry.
先前关于出狱后重新融入社会过程的研究强调了家庭和同伴在重新融入过程中所起的关键作用。传统上，家庭被视为防止累犯的重要保护机制，而同伴通常被认为主要具有促犯罪性。然而，根据差异强制和社会支持理论，家庭和同伴关系既可以是支持性的（防止累犯），也可以是强制性的（导致累犯）。利用来自严重暴力罪犯重新融入社会倡议的四轮数据，混合效应模型的结果表明，家庭强制而非同伴强制与再次入狱几率增加有关。同伴社会支持而非家庭社会支持与再次入狱几率降低有关。研究结果表明，家庭主要具有促犯罪性，而同伴在重新融入社会过程中具有保护作用。
