Alternative offender rehabilitation and social justice : arts and physical engagement in criminal justice and community settings / edited by Janelle Joseph and Wesley Crichlow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Towards Arts and Physical Engagement as Mindful Alternative Rehabilitation; Wesley Crichlow and Janelle Joseph -- 1. Meditation Practices and the Reduction of Aggression and Violence: Towards a Gender-Sensitive, Humanitarian, Healing-Based Intervention; Gwen Hunnicutt and Daniel Rhodes -- 2. "I Feel Mad Light": Sharing Mindfulness-Based Strategies with Troubled Youth; Carla Barrett -- 3. Physical Culture and Alternative Rehabilitation: Qualitative Insights from a Martial Arts Intervention Program; Janelle Joseph -- 4. Prison Yoga as a Correctional Alternative?: Physical Culture, Rehabilitation, and Social Control in Canadian Prisons; Mark Norman -- 5. Moving Beyond "Just Fun and Games": The Process and Outcomes of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Programming for Institutionalized Girls; Allison J. Foley -- 6. The Art of Rehabilitation: Extracurricular Activities and the Disruption of Intergenerational Incarceration; Bryan L. Sykes, Jason P. Gioviano and Alex R. Piquero -- 7. Evaluating Drama-Based Crime Prevention: Problems, Politics, and New Directions; Laura Kelly, Victoria Foster and Anne Hayes -- 8. Scrimmage-play: Writing and Reading Short Fiction with Incarcerated Men; Michael Lockett, Rebecca Luce-Kapler and Dennis Sumara -- 9. Concluding Remarks: Challenges and Prospects of an Alternative Rehabilitation; Wesley Crichlow and Livy Visano.

"Alternative Offender Rehabilitation and Social Justice addresses the contentious issue of how to improve rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. The contributors demonstrate that although there may be implementation challenges, alternative approaches to rehabilitation can succeed in developing pro-social attitudes and in improving mental, physical and spiritual health among youth and adult criminal offenders. A central theme throughout the book is the use of mindfulness as a foundational tool of self-reflexivity in both arts and physical engagement programming. Whether they include meditation, yoga, capoeira, drama, or creative writing, alternative rehabilitation programs give offenders an outlet for creative expression and therapy. The contributing authors explore the theoretical basis, mechanisms of implementation, benefits and drawbacks of a range of alternative rehabilitation modalities and challenge all to re-think social justice for offenders"-- Provided by publisher.