Event Title
Against the Odds: Resilient Reintegration and Formerly Incarcerated Black Men
Location
Hart 114
Start Time
11-5-2017 11:20 AM
End Time
11-5-2017 11:50 AM
Description
The disproportionate representation of Black men in the criminal justice system, their incarceration, and high rates of recidivism are well documented (The Sentencing Project, 2010; Pew Center on the States, 2011). What is lacking within the current body of literature is exploration of the experience of criminal desistance, the process by which a person ceases offending (National Institute for Justice, 2008), among formerly incarcerated Black men. Employing a phenomenological research design, the purpose of this study was to explore how formerly incarcerated Black men understand their desistance from crime. The aim was to identify individual, interpersonal, and environmental strengths and characteristics of resilience that facilitated desistance among this population. The emphasis was on capturing the common lived experiences, “the universal essence,” of this phenomenon among a small group (Cresswell, 2007, p.57). The process of resilient reintegration, the ability to not only successfully re-enter and reintegrate in their communities, despite multiple risk factors, but also give back to those with similar life experiences, emerged.
Against the Odds: Resilient Reintegration and Formerly Incarcerated Black Men
Hart 114
The disproportionate representation of Black men in the criminal justice system, their incarceration, and high rates of recidivism are well documented (The Sentencing Project, 2010; Pew Center on the States, 2011). What is lacking within the current body of literature is exploration of the experience of criminal desistance, the process by which a person ceases offending (National Institute for Justice, 2008), among formerly incarcerated Black men. Employing a phenomenological research design, the purpose of this study was to explore how formerly incarcerated Black men understand their desistance from crime. The aim was to identify individual, interpersonal, and environmental strengths and characteristics of resilience that facilitated desistance among this population. The emphasis was on capturing the common lived experiences, “the universal essence,” of this phenomenon among a small group (Cresswell, 2007, p.57). The process of resilient reintegration, the ability to not only successfully re-enter and reintegrate in their communities, despite multiple risk factors, but also give back to those with similar life experiences, emerged.
Comments
Moderator: Kevin Kalish