ArticleThe Journal of research in crime and delinquency2019
Family Matters: Moving Beyond "If" Family Support Matters to "Why" Family Support Matters during Reentry from Prison.
Article in The Journal of research in crime and delinquency, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Locked in, Left Behind: Clinical, Psychosocial, and Ethical Dimensions of Prison Health-A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Stigma and reintegration: does age influence the perceptions of older people on parole?Health & justice · 2026Article
- Impact of social determinants on opioid use disorder treatment engagement after release from jail: a case note content analysis.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- Development of a health-related social need screener for adults soon to be, and recently released, from incarceration.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Family social support during incarceration: implications for health upon release.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A taxonomy of social support interventions for People experiencing a syndemic of substance use disorder, criminal legal involvement, and downstream Health sequelae.SSM. Mental health · 2025Article
- Make or break: Succeeding in transition from incarceration.PloS one · 2024Article
- Incarcerated Loved Ones: Building a Community to Support and Advocate on Facebook.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Relational Costs of Wrongful Convictions.Critical criminology · 2023Article
- Pandemic detention: life with COVID-19 behind bars in Maryland.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Correlates of Incarceration History Among Military Veterans.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- The Association between Perpetuation of Intimate Partner Violence and Family Support on Couples with an Incarcerated Partner.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Decarceration of older adults with mental illness in the USA - beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of prisoner health · 2022Review
- Carbon Capture, Employment, and Coming Home from Prison.Deviant behavior · 2022Article
- Taking Diversity Seriously: Within-Group Heterogeneity in African American Extended Family Support Networks.Journal of marriage and the family · 2021Article
- An Assessment of Prisoner Reentry, Legal Financial Obligations and Family Financial Support: A Focus on Fathers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Examining the Parole Officer as a Mechanism of Social Support During Reentry From Prison.Crime and delinquency · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesInformed by social control and differential coercion and social support theories, we examine how multiple theoretically and methodologically distinct factors of family support relate to reincarceration, substance use, and criminal offending during prison reentry.
methodUsing four waves of data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, we identified three separate factors of family support-interactional (e.g., providing guidance and support), instrumental (e.g., providing housing and transportation), and emotional (e.g., providing love and belongingness). A series of mixed-effects models examined how each form of family support related to reincarceration, substance use, and criminal offending.
resultsFindings demonstrated that instrumental, but not interactional or emotional, support related to significantly lower odds of reincarceration and lower levels of substance use and criminal offending. Interaction terms revealed that the effect of instrumental family support is almost entirely independent, and not interactive, on each outcome.
conclusionsFamily support appears to relate to prosocial reentry outcomes not because of emotional or interactional bonds, but because families provide for the basic needs of returning individuals. Instrumental familial support mechanisms such as providing housing and financial support appear more salient in promoting prosocial reentry outcomes than mechanisms of emotional or interactional support.
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