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What is Recidivism

Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System
It can be defined as relapse of a convicted offender to offending behaviour. In other words, due to many factors such as financial deprivation, lack of support system, an offender might reoffend post release from prison. The act of reengaging in criminal behaviour after release is known as recidivism.
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Overview of Correctional Reform in India: A “Different” Approach to Offender Rehabilitation
Divya Dubey (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, India) and Vedika Agarwal (The University of Manchester, UK)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch010
Abstract
Today, every prison around the world requires a correctional programme so that rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders can be done successfully. Correctional reforms is a serious issue and has been taken seriously even internationally. In India, many attempts have been made to improve the condition of prisons and prisoners, but little changes have been seen at the root-level. There is a scope of modifications in the correctional reforms to meet the present-day needs of the criminal justice system. The chapter will give an overview of the correctional reforms in Indian prisons and after reviewing the existing literature will attempt to identify the limitations of the correctional programs which need to be addressed for effective rehabilitation and reformation of prisoners. Lastly, the chapter will conclude with a number of suggestions and with a comprehensive model for rehabilitation.
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