The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice

Publisher:: Wiley
Publication date:: 2021-02-01

ISBN:: 2059-1098

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Citizenship, Crime and Community in the European Union S. Coutts. Oxford: Hart (2019) 264pp. £70.00hb ISBN 9781509915361
Solitary Confinement: Effects, Practices, and Pathways Toward Reform J. Lobel and P. Scharff Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020) 377pp. £75.00hb ISBN 978019094792I
The Arts, Rehabilitation or Both? Experiences of Mentoring Artists in Prison and Beyond
Mentoring within the criminal justice system plays an important role in rehabilitative and desistance processes. The experiences of arts‐based mentors are scarcely documented. This study discloses the narratives of eleven trained arts mentors who support ex‐offenders in continuing their artistic engagement. Findings show a number of benefits and challenges for those who mentor ex‐offenders, and their experiences convey a message to new recruits. Reasons for becoming a mentor, limitations and constraints, and mentee‐focused factors are discussed.
Violence & Society, 2nd edn L. Ray. London: Sage (2018) 320pp. £79.00hb, £27.99pb ISBN 9781473907911, 9781473907904
Female Imprisonment: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Confinement C. Frois. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (2017) 231pp. £109.99hb ISBN 978‐3‐319‐63684‐9
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Using A Culturally Safe Creative Writing Programme to Empower and Heal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men in Prison
Interviews with 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male prisoners who attended a culturally safe creative writing programme entitled ‘Dreaming Inside: Voices from the Junee Correctional Centre’, are used to explore how (re)connecting to culture can help improve social and emotional well‐being, and how the power of being heard and being able to express feelings and thoughts through poetry and storytelling, can help heal deep‐seated emotional trauma and grief. This article addresses a gap in research and theory regarding what types of prison programmes may be of greatest benefit for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners.
Young Men's Experiences of Long‐Term Imprisonment: Living Life R.R. Tynan. Abingdon: Routledge (2019) 186pp. £120.00hb, £36.99pb ISBN 9781315208299
Authenticity, Coherence, and Power Shifts: A Framework for Assessing Community Engagement Across the Criminal Justice System
Criminal justice agencies increasingly use community engagement practices in efforts to improve public safety and garner legitimacy. While crime rates can be measured, improved legitimacy is harder to gauge. This article provides a framework to assess the influence of community engagement practices in the criminal justice system on legitimacy in three areas: authenticity, coherence in structure, and shifts in power dynamics. We explore each component through case studies of community policing, consent decrees, and community courts, respectively. We propose that this framework could be used to assess or build the capacity of community engagement to repair relationships with marginalised communities.
Canada's ‘Open Prisons’: Hybridisation and the Role of Halfway Houses in Penal Scholarship and Practice
This article analyses the role, form, and function of halfway houses (often referred to as re‐entry centres) in contemporary Canadian punishment. Building on studies of Nordic ‘penal exceptionalism’ and open prisons, I argue that criminologists can usefully study and conceive of halfway houses as a form of open prison. Thinking of halfway houses as open prisons (rather than re‐entry centres or post‐prison institutions), I suggest, is not only more reflective of these houses’ workings and dynamics but is also more productive. Conceptually, it positions halfway houses in opposition to walled prisons, thereby redirecting attention from the post‐prison stage to how halfway houses could present a real existing alternative to closed or walled prisons.