The Love Doctrine: Reducing Recidivism in America

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dc.contributor.advisorHoover, Heather
dc.creatorYork, Wheatley
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-01T18:37:59Z
dc.date.available2022-12-01T18:37:59Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-21
dc.description.abstractRecidivism is an ongoing crisis in the U.S that only exacerbates the overcrowding issue faced by many correctional facilities. People who suffer from mental illness, addiction or marginalization are the most likely to be incarcerated. Offenders suffering from mental illness, addiction, or marginalization are also the most likely to reoffend. Offenders are released into society only to find themselves stuck in a cycle that leads them back to prison. As of 2021 76.6% of offenders in the U.S will reoffend within five years of their release into society (Benecchi). I will take a closer look at why over 70% of offenders in America are placed back in a system that failed to rehabilitate them the first time. I want to investigate the reentry programs, educational reforms, and second chance programs offered to offenders in the U.S. Focusing on ways to relay the importance of an offender’s successful reentry to families, employers, and taxpayers, I wish to show how essential it is that inmates are receiving proper rehabilitative care. I will advocate policy changes for the availability of transferable education, health care, support groups, addiction counseling, and job connections to inmates.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11558/6816
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectRecidivismen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectInmate reentryen_US
dc.subjectRehabilitationen_US
dc.subject2022 Sophomore Research Conference
dc.titleThe Love Doctrine: Reducing Recidivism in Americaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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