Trauma and Prospects for Reentry

Trauma is an almost universal experience for those with incarceration histories. Lifetime traumatic experiences begin in childhood, continue adulthood, and persist during after incarceration. For centuries, the capacity trauma to have a deleterious impact on social, mental, biological functioning has been topic of inquiry, years empirical work connected crime justice system involvement. Trauma-responsive reentry future state art reentry. This review examines prevalence consequences lifetime individuals releasing from returning home. Extant research interventions histories discussed. The ends vision trauma-responsive reentry, strategies implement proposed agenda, cautions considerations debate.