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The Transient State of Habitually Convicted Criminal Offenders

The Transient State of Habitually Convicted Criminal Offenders

Kenny A. Hendrickson, Kula A. Francis
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799868842|ISBN10: 1799868842|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799868859|EISBN13: 9781799868866
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch011
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Hendrickson, Kenny A., and Kula A. Francis. "The Transient State of Habitually Convicted Criminal Offenders." Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System, edited by Michael Pittaro, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 182-201. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch011

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Hendrickson, K. A. & Francis, K. A. (2021). The Transient State of Habitually Convicted Criminal Offenders. In M. Pittaro (Ed.), Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System (pp. 182-201). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch011

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Hendrickson, Kenny A., and Kula A. Francis. "The Transient State of Habitually Convicted Criminal Offenders." In Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System, edited by Michael Pittaro, 182-201. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch011

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Abstract

Globally, at least half of the released prisoner population will return to incarceration before the end of their first year in society. Going against generally accepted notions, deliberation should be given to the existence of transience in habitual recidivists' or habitual convicted criminal offenders' (HCCOs') life course. The HCCO is habitually, chronically, or serially recidivistic (above the average recorded number of arrests and imprisonment, i.e., anything above or equal to five). Furthermore, transience can be considered as junctures of socio-cognitive unsteadiness, impermanence, and inconstancy that leads to the uncoupling of positive bonds within human and environmental relationships. Accordingly, this chapter discusses two outlooks of the transient state of HCCO: the habitual prisoner revolving door syndrome and habitual transient life course disconnect. Finally, this work concludes by promoting the reentry and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders based on conditions of productive law-abiding citizenship.

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