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What is Reentry

Chapter 10
The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships
In the criminal legal system, reentry refers to the transitionary period and process where offenders return to the community from prison or jail.
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A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System
Leslie-Dawn Quick (Marshall University, USA) and Radscheda R. Nobles (Winston Salem State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch010
Abstract
This chapter examines the overrepresentation of individuals with disabilities in our criminal legal system in policing, the courts, corrections, reentry, and as victims of crime. Individuals who have disabilities face discrimination throughout every level of the criminal legal system. This is especially true at the intersection of race, class, and disability. The system rarely makes appropriate accommodations, which produces additional inequality. Furthermore, over time the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have been eroded by the courts, thus exacerbating inequalities.
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Chapter 9
The Potential of Community Corrections to Reduce Mass Incarceration in the USA
A correctional theory that argues that the primary goal of correctional institutions is to prepare offenders for successful reentry into society, while the goal of community corrections programs is to prevent individuals from reentering the criminal justice system.
Published in Chapter: The Potential of Community Corrections to Reduce Mass Incarceration in the USA; From: Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System
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School Counselors' Role in Working With Students Living With Chronic Illness
When a student with a chronic illness is absent from the school system for a period of time related to their illness, and begins in-person or online flexible instruction once medically cleared to do so.
Published in Chapter: School Counselors' Role in Working With Students Living With Chronic Illness; From: Strengthening School Counselor Advocacy and Practice for Important Populations and Difficult Topics
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