Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency?

Kennedy, K.; Sandy, L.; Martinovic, M.

Abstract

More than half of Australia’s prison population have experienced prior incarceration. Factors such as homelessness, mental illness, and poverty compound the challenges of reentry. Reentry support in Victoria, Australia is state funded, yet delivered via three non-governmental organizations. In this article we explore practitioners’ experiences of working with people who were incarcerated in the liminal phase of reentry—where one is neither prisoner nor citizen but in-between. Practitioners reported trust and rapport are the central pillars of practice and choose to utilize strengths-based approaches instead of risk-based approaches, but felt that service brokerage is impeded by associated professionals’ concerns around risk.

Citation

Kennedy, K., Sandy, L., & Martinovic, M. (2023). Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency?. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 62(1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2158984

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 6, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jan 9, 2023
• Publication Date: Jan 9, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 29, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 10, 2024
• Journal: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
• Print ISSN: 1050-9674
• Electronic ISSN: 1540-8558
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-38
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2158984
• Keywords: Reentry; desistance; stigma; strengths-based practice; risk-need-responsivity
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/15940426
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10509674.2022.2158984
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Offender Rehabilitation on 09 Jan 2023, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2158984