Date of Award

Summer 2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Program/Concentration

Applied Sociology

Committee Director

Elizabeth Monk-Turner

Committee Member

Melvina Sumter

Committee Member

Robert Perkins

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.S62 M54 2009

Abstract

This research examines the challenges and needs that Trinidad and Tobago offenders face upon release from prison. The purpose of this research is to provide a foundation for policy recommendations to improve successful reintegration for prisoners corning home. Although there is a lack of re-entry literature based on Trinidad and Tobago offenders, the findings in this study show that Trinidad and Tobago offenders experience the same challenges and needs revealed by America research on offender re-entry. Study results show that policy intervention should be designed to ensure offenders returning home receive assistance with finding shelter, employment, educational resources, counseling and reunification with family and community members. These findings will point the way to policy innovations that are empirically grounded, pragmatic, and reflective of the realities of re-entry.

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DOI

10.25777/anwp-rp14

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