Incarceration and the Community
Incarceration and the Community
The central thesis of this article looks directly towards questioning the theorized proportion made conclusively by the authors themselves, as to whether the collective impact of incarceration in high levels, do indeed damage reticulations of private and parochial social control; whilst decreasing formal social control and its legitimacy (Clear, Rose, & Ryder, 2001). The study hypotheses posed by the authors simply speculated that informal controls function less effectively when public control occurs at high levels, thus ultimately resulting in more crime (Clear, Rose, & Ryder, 2001). The method used to test this study consisted of two data set compilations (snowball sampling methods) conducted within Tallahassee, Florida neighbourhoods. The other was a data set from a conducted phone survey which assessed attitudes toward informal and formal control.
The results of this research supported the proposition that “spatial concentrations of incarceration promote higher than expected rates of crime” (Clear, Rose, & Ryder, 2001). Furthermore, it is given this information, that following, the authors look towards correctional policy by looking closer to the data for possible policy recommendations that will directly offset some of the unintended consequences of incarceration within the community. With the provision of this argument given the collective data, alongside conceptualizing implications of correctional policy; the authors further concluded that by respondent evidence, the ultimate impact of incarceration upon the community can indeed be categorized into four domains: Issues regarding identity, financial impacts, the problem of stigma, and the maintenance of interpersonal relationships (Clear, Rose, & Ryder, 2001). It is to my understanding that after reading the complete summarization of each individual domain, it proved indeed successful and quite persuasive, especially with the extensive provided research.
References:
Clear, T. R., Rose, D. R., & Ryder, J. A. (2001). Incarceration and the Community: The Problem of Removing and Returning Offenders. Crime & Delinquency, 47(3), 335-351. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
