Alternative Offender Rehabilitation and Social Justice [electronic resource] : Arts and Physical Engagement in Criminal Justice and Community Settings /
Crichlow, Wesley.editor.
Joseph, Janelle.editor.
This book demonstrates that alternative approaches to criminal rehabilitation succeed in developing pro-social attitudes and in improving mental, physical and spiritual health for youth and adults in prison and community settings. The use of mindfulness is highlighted as a foundational tool of self-reflexivity, creative expression and therapy.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book demonstrates that alternative approaches to criminal rehabilitation succeed in developing pro-social attitudes and in improving mental, physical and spiritual health for youth and adults in prison and community settings. The use of mindfulness is highlighted as a foundational tool of self-reflexivity, creative expression and therapy.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Towards Arts and Physical Engagement as Mindful Alternative Rehabilitation; Wesley Crichlow and Janelle Joseph -- 1. Meditation Practices and the Reduction of Aggression and Violence: Towards a Gender-Sensitive, Humanitarian, Healing-Based Intervention; Gwen Hunnicutt and Daniel Rhodes -- 2. "I Feel Mad Light": Sharing Mindfulness-Based Strategies with Troubled Youth; Carla Barrett -- 3. Physical Culture and Alternative Rehabilitation: Qualitative Insights from a Martial Arts Intervention Program; Janelle Joseph -- 4. Prison Yoga as a Correctional Alternative?: Physical Culture, Rehabilitation, and Social Control in Canadian Prisons; Mark Norman -- 5. Moving Beyond "Just Fun and Games": The Process and Outcomes of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Programming for Institutionalized Girls; Allison J. Foley -- 6. The Art of Rehabilitation: Extracurricular Activities and the Disruption of Intergenerational Incarceration; Bryan L. Sykes, Jason P. Gioviano and Alex R. Piquero -- 7. Evaluating Drama-Based Crime Prevention: Problems, Politics, and New Directions; Laura Kelly, Victoria Foster and Anne Hayes -- 8. Scrimmage-play: Writing and Reading Short Fiction with Incarcerated Men; Michael Lockett, Rebecca Luce-Kapler and Dennis Sumara -- 9. Concluding Remarks: Challenges and Prospects of an Alternative Rehabilitation; Wesley Crichlow and Livy Visano.
Forensic psychology.
International education .
Comparative education.
Criminology.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Social work.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Forensic Psychology.
International and Comparative Education.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Prison and Punishment.
Social Work.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.