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Seeking Justice: Examining Adult Offender Reentry Court Partnerships from a Policy Implementation Perspective

McClure, Craig S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1127948252

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Political Science.
This dissertation reveals a unique and atypical role for community level judges as adult offender reentry coordinators. Reentry court partnerships (RCPs) place the judge at the center of post-release supervision and treatment. RCPs are new and innovative community-based programs that are designed to help offenders leave the state prison system and successfully return to society. This study asks the fundamental question, “How are reentry court partnerships being implemented?” In answering the question, reentry court actors and their decisions are the focus of data collection using a values-based survey instrument. This dissertation contributes to clarifying a disparate body of policy implementation research generally, as well as provides data that will aid current and future reentry court development nationwide. The key findings of this dissertation are that an actors’ sense of accountability most strongly influences decision making in the policy implementation process, and that elected judges can emerge as powerful agents for social change in the community.
Philip Russo (Advisor)
175 p.
reentry; court; implementation

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  • McClure, C. S. (2005). Seeking Justice: Examining Adult Offender Reentry Court Partnerships from a Policy Implementation Perspective [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1127948252

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McClure, Craig. Seeking Justice: Examining Adult Offender Reentry Court Partnerships from a Policy Implementation Perspective. 2005. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1127948252.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McClure, Craig. "Seeking Justice: Examining Adult Offender Reentry Court Partnerships from a Policy Implementation Perspective." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1127948252

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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