TY  - CHAP
AB  - This Chapter provides an analysis of the mechanisms of rehabilitation and their policy and political context in New South Wales (NSW)?the Australian state with both the largest number of people in prison and subject to community-based supervision. We examine models of rehabilitation in the context of recent investment in strategies and interventions aimed at reducing reoffending across the state. In looking towards future directions in rehabilitation policy and practice, we draw on empirical findings from recent qualitative research into the experiences of First Nations people subject to parole supervision in NSW. They are dramatically over-represented among those under community supervision and in prison?comprising around 3% of the general population but approximately one in four people under supervision. At a theoretical level, we explore the contribution that critical Indigenous studies and abolitionist perspectives have for the future of rehabilitation. Both perspectives challenge the efficacy of contemporary approaches to punishment and demand a reconsideration of the role of civil society as well as broader questions of political legitimacy.
AU  - Russell, S
AU  - Beaufils, J
AU  - Cunneen, C
CY  - Switzerland
DA  - 2022
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-031-14375-5_3
EP  - 51
JO  - The Palgrave Handbook of Global Rehabilitation in Criminal Justice
PB  - Springer
PY  - 2022
SP  - 33
TI  - Rehabilitation and Beyond in Settler Colonial Australia: Current and Future Directions in Policy and Practice
Y1  - 2022
Y2  - 2026/05/18
ER  -