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Castles in the Air: Welfare Services for Ex‐prisoners
Author(s) -
Cree M. J.,
Hoffman J. A.,
Riley D. N.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1986.tb00826.x
Subject(s) - prison , ignorance , project commissioning , confusion , publishing , welfare , cohesion (chemistry) , dilemma , political science , public administration , criminology , public relations , sociology , law , psychology , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , epistemology , psychoanalysis
Prison aftercare in New Zealand has a history of haphazard planning and fragmented policy implementation, and a recent governmental review of penal policy recognized the inadequate provisions currently made for prisoners' re‐establishment in the community. The research reported in this paper has shown that, at a local level, a considerable degree of confusion and ignorance exists among people presumed to have knowledge in the field of prison aftercare. This shortfall of knowledge and lack of cohesion among existing services must be taken into account before effective policy changes aimed at improving prison aftercare can be implemented.