Abstracts
Résumé
La réinsertion sociale est un processus parsemé d’embûches au cours duquel un individu faisant face à la justice peut bénéficier d’interventions lui permettant d’être une personne autonome, intégrée à sa communauté et respectueuse des lois. Puisque l’état actuel des connaissances ne permet généralement pas d’aller au-delà de l’identification des difficultés qui surviennent dans ce processus, cette étude qualitative exploratoire a pour objectif d’examiner en profondeur les défis rencontrés par des hommes en maison de transition dans le cadre de leur processus de réinsertion sociale. L’analyse de contenu des entretiens (n = 16) a permis de distinguer six catégories de défis, soit le retour à la liberté, la situation financière et occupationnelle, le réseau social, le développement personnel, la stigmatisation et l’hébergement en maison de transition. Des particularités chez certains profils (durée de la sentence, délinquance sexuelle) ont été relevées. Les résultats sont discutés en regard des théories du désistement criminel. L’exercice souligne entre autres que certaines conditions légales et la stigmatisation des personnes judiciarisées créent des enjeux de contre-productivité.
Mots-clés :
- Réinsertion sociale,
- interventions,
- libération conditionnelle,
- entretiens semi-dirigés,
- délinquance sexuelle
Abstract
Reintegration is a difficult process and individuals who have been affected by the justice system can benefit from interventions that help them to be autonomous, law-abiding, and integrated into their communities. Current research, however, seldom goes beyond identifying the difficulties in this process. Our qualitative study was an in-depth exploration of the challenges encountered by ex-convicts who had been provided with lodging in halfway houses as part of their reentry process. Six categories of challenges were identified following a content analysis of the interviews (n=16) : return to society, financial and occupational situation, social network, personal development, stigmatization, and living in halfway houses. Experiences specific to certain profiles (length of sentence, sexual delinquency) are noted. Results are discussed in relation to desistance theories. Among other things, the study highlights the ways in which legal conditions and the stigmatization of offenders can lead to counter-productive outcomes.
Keywords:
- Reentry,
- parole,
- intervention,
- semi-structured interviews,
- sex offenders
Resumen
La reinserción social es un proceso plagado de trampas a través del cual un individuo que enfrenta un proceso judicial puede beneficiar de intervenciones que le permiten ser una persona autónoma, integrada a su comunidad y respetuosa de las leyes. Como generalmente el estado actual del conocimiento no permite ir más allá de la identificación de las dificultades que ocurren en este proceso, este estudio cualitativo exploratorio tiene como objetivo estudiar a profundidad los desafíos encontrados por algunos hombres en los centros de reinserción social, en el marco de sus procesos de reinserción a la sociedad. El análisis de contenido de las entrevistas (n = 16) permitió diferenciar seis categorías de desafíos, ya sean el retorno a la libertad, la situación financiera y ocupacional, la red social, el desarrollo personal, la estigmatización, y el alojamiento en una casa de transición. Particularidades de algunos perfiles (duración de la sentencia, delincuencia sexual) son puestos en relieve. Los resultados son discutidos a la luz de las teorías del desistimiento delictivo. Entre otras cosas, este ejercicio subraya que algunas condiciones legales y la estigmatización de las personas judicializadas crean desafíos contra productivos.
Palabras clave:
- Reinserción social,
- intervenciones,
- liberación condicional,
- entrevistas semi-directivas,
- delincuencia sexual
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