Prisoner Resettlement: Policy and Practice

Prisoner resettlement is high on current political and policy agendas. The high reconviction rates of ex-prisoners have been acknowledged for many years but the rapidly rising prison population has meant that more prisoners than ever before are released. This together with the pressure this puts on to the infrastructure of the prison estate and the publication of two influential reports which highlighted the problems faced by prisoners leaving prison has concentrated attention on attempts to ensure that prisoners do not return to prison once released. Prisoner Resettlement provides a comprehen.

pt. 1. Prisoner resettlement: theory, policy and research -- 1. Rediscovering resettlement: narrowing the gap between policy rhetoric and practice reality / Carol Hedderman -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on resettlement: what it is and how it might work / Peter Raynor -- 3. Models of resettlement work with prisoners / Anthea Hucklesby and Emma Wincup -- 4. Researching and evaluating resettlement / Emma Wincup and Anthea Hucklesby -- pt. 2. Issues in resettlement practice -- 5. The SWing model of resettlement: some reflections / Kirsty Hudson -- 6. PS Plus: a prison (lately) probation-based employment resettlement model / Andrew Cole [and others] -- 7. Accommodation and related services for ex-prisoners / Mike Maguire and Jane Nolan -- 8. The voluntary sector and prisoners' resettlement / Anthea Hucklesby and Jackie Worrall -- pt. 3. The resettlement of specific groups of prisoners -- 9. Woman and resettlement / Loraine Gelsthorpe and Gilly Sharpe -- 10. The resettlement of black and minority ethnic offenders / Kate Williams, Susie Atherton and Douglas Sharp -- 11. The resettlement of prolific offenders: policy and practice / Julie Vennard -- 12. Dangerous offenders: release and re…