Meaning of Rehabilitation and its Impact on Parole

<p>This book queries the concept of rehabilitation to determine how on a legislative and policy level the term is defined as a goal of correctional systems. The book explores what rehabilitation <i>is</i> by investigating <i>how</i> at different moments in time its conceptualization has shaped and been shaped by shifting norms practices and institutions of corrections in California. The author calls for a rethinking of theoretical understandings of the corrections system generally and parole system specifically and calls for an expansion in the questions asked in reintegration studies. The book is designed for scholars seeking to better understand the relationship between correctional systems and rehabilitation and the full scope of rehabilitation as a legislative goal and is also suitable for use as teaching tool for historical textual and interviewing methods.</p>