Prisoner Reentry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Stan Stojkovic

   Pages 1-12

3. Unique Challenges of Reentry for Convicted Sex Offenders

   • Jamie Yoder, Mary Ann Farkas

   Pages 13-84

4. A Family Systems Perspective in Prisoner Reentry

   • Audrey L. Begun, Ashleigh I. Hodge, Theresa June Early

   Pages 85-144

5. Root & Rebound: An Innovative Program Paints the Reentry Landscape

   • Leah A. Jacobs, Katherine Katcher, Pascal Krummenacher, Sonja Tonnesen

   Pages 145-175

6. What Works in Reentry and How to Improve Outcomes

   • Mirlinda Ndrecka, Shelley Johnson Listwan, Edward J. Latessa

   Pages 177-244

7. Can Released Prisoners “Make It”? Examining Formerly Incarcerated Persons’ Belief in Upward Mobility and the “American Dream”

   • Thomas P. LeBel, Matt Richie, Shadd Maruna

   Pages 245-305

8. Employment Isn’t Enough: Financial Obstacles Experienced by Ex-prisoners During the Reentry Process

   • Mark Pogrebin, Mary West-Smith, Alexandra Walker, N. Prabha Unnithan

   Pages 307-334

9. Epilogue

   • Stan Stojkovic

   Pages 335-342

10. Back Matter

    Pages 343-346

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This book addresses the core issues in prisoner reentry into society after incarceration. The chapters are written by academic scholars who have much experience researching and writing about prisoner reentry and by people who work in the field of prison reentry. Comprising reviews of empirical literature, this study is also supplemented by the workings of a reentry agency in the state of California. The focus of the work is to provide the best practices within prisoner reentry programs, to explore the barriers experienced by both prisoners and reentry agencies as they work toward the reentry of prisoners, and to discuss critical issues associated with prisoner reentry.


The authors broach various topics regarding life after imprisonment, such as: the financial burden, problems faced by sex offenders, changing family dynamics and employment. An engaging and thought-provoking study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of criminology theory, the justice system and sociology.

• recidivism
• prisoners
• relapse
• reoffending
• social welfare
• Community Corrections
• Probation
• Parole
• Parolee Families
• Sex Offender
• Reentry Effectiveness
• policing

• Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA

  Stan Stojkovic

Stan Stojkovic is Dean and Professor of Criminal Justice in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He has been studying correctional practices for over 30 years and has worked with numerous police and correctional agencies across the country as well as with the United Nations addressing the topic of effective prison leadership.

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