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A chance for change : community influence on successful reentry in rural Washington

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    Creator (cre): Williams, Susanna Caroline Lillian
    Advisor (adv): Mireles, Gilbert
    Advisor (adv): Janning, Michelle
    Department (dpt): Whitman College. Sociology Department
    Date
    May 17, 2020
    Graduation Year
    2020
    Abstract

    Washington State is at the forefront of criminal justice reform; and yet, reentry for incarcerated individuals into society gains little attention in research and in practice. In this paper, I conduct a case study of Chances for Change, a small, non-profit, comprehensive reentry service serving two counties in Washington State. I examine what social forces have allowed for the development and sustainment of this reentry service in rural Washington. The ultimate goal of this research is to identify how community context has shaped organizational success, ultimately informing future work in Washington State reentry services. The results of 18 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in Chances for Change revealed that while a variety of social forces came together to create the context in which Chances for Change operates, community context as a whole mattered greatly to the success of the organization.

    Subject
    Criminal justice, Administration of -- Washington (State)
    Nonprofit organizations -- Chances for Change
    Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization
    Communities
    Parole
    Social service, Rural
    Criminals -- Rehabilitation
    Community-based social services
    Success in business
    Social sciences
    Academic theses
    Whitman College 2020 -- Dissertation collection -- Sociology Department
    Geographic Subject
    United States
    Washington (State)
    Genre
    Theses
    Extent
    78 pages
    Permanent URL
    http://works.whitman.edu/2020025
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    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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