Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Capstone Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts, BA
School
CAS
Department
McNair Scholars Program
Faculty Advisor
Bryan Trabold
Abstract
It is past due that states and the federal government take accountability for the gaps in reintegration of felons into society and begin seeking justice for these communities. In an overview of the political marginalization of criminal felony offenders, Leonor (2022) asserts that because of the significant impact of felon disenfranchisement laws on Black Americans, it is evident that this issue is complicated and proportions on racialized lines, meaning that modern felon disenfranchisement laws disproportionately affect communities of color, and therefore dilutes the political power of these underrepresented communities. There are more barriers to the successful reintegration of felons besides political inclusion, however, such as employment and substance abuse treatment in-prison and post-release. There is little research that analyzes the full scope of successful reintegrative tactics for felons and ex-offenders in social, economic, and political terms. Even fewer studies address these issues in a qualitative approach. The purpose of this study is to ameliorate these gaps in previous literature by examining laws and policies across the five most populous states of America to determine how state governments are providing their prison populations with successful reintegrative policies and programs.
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Recommended Citation
Kerkach, Samira, "Holding States Accountable: An Analytical Review of Reintegrative Laws, Policies and Programs for Felons and Ex-Offenders" (2024). Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects. 38.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/undergrad/38