The focus in this qualitative study was on whether and how the bonds and mindsets inmates
formed while incarcerated led them to or deterred them from returning to crime and …

Frank Baffour employed the critical social work theory, social learning theory, and labelling
perspective to explore factors contributing to recidivism in selected prisons in Ghana …

Most studies on prisoners in West Africa and Ghana have been on prisoners' rehabilitation
services and overcrowding conditions of inmates. This study sought to explore how inmates …

This study assessed the effect of societal level factors on recidivism among inmates in
selected prisons in South-Western, Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive and …

This study explores the causes of recidivism among inmates in a prison facility in Ghana.
Eleven men who had served two or more terms of imprisonment, five prison officers who …

Recidivism is a major problem faced by all countries in the world and entails a tendency to
relapse into a previous behavior (criminal behavior in the context of this study). Using a …

Criminal recidivism as a contemporary and global phenomenon has been explained and
analysed from different perspectives. The aim of this study is to determine the predictors of …

South Africa has a high rate of violent crimes such as murder and rape and it also ranked
ninth of incarceration rate in the world. Currently, there are about 241 prisons. These prisons …

Most ex-convicts re-offend at some point in their post-imprisonment lives. The literature
reveals mixed findings on the relationship between ex-convicts' reintegration and family …

This study is an attempt to assess the psychosocial effects of ex-prisoners and the mitigating
strategies as they integrate into the community. Specifically, to examine psychosocial …