The Meaning of Rehabilitation and its Impact on Parole

Dr. Rita Shah is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. Her research combines textual analysis with qualitative and visual methods to understand the ways in which correctional systems are socially and legally constructed. Her work has been published in the British Journal of Criminology and Contemporary Justice Review and is supported by NEH and NSF grants. Bridging the areas of criminology and law and society, her courses focus on the social construction of crime, the relationship between law and society, and issues of social justice. She received her BA in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government (CLEG) from American University and her MA in Social Ecology and PhD in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine. In her free time, she can be found on photographic expeditions or watching football.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Building a Parole Bureaucracy: Inception to 1930s

Chapter 2: The Rise of the Rehabilitative Ideal: 1940s to Mid-1970s

Chapter 3: The Fall of Rehabilitation: 1970s to 1990s

Chapter 4: Re-Emergence of Rehabilitation: 2000 to 2005

Chapter 5: Correcting Corrections: 2005 to Present

Conclusion

Appendix A: On Methods