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59 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/wjor59 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION 2020, VOL. 59, NO. 1, 1-21 https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2019.1670320 Routledge Taylor& Francis Group An extension of collateral consequences: Impact on the recovery process Shannon Streisel and Ronet Bachman Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA ABSTRACT KEYWORDS With the War on Drugs came a punitive approach to drug use Collateral consequences; and addiction, which has resulted in a large increase in the qualitative research; reentry; prison population, specifically for those who use drugs. The addiction in criminal justice purpose of this paper is to illuminate the distinct impacts this populations; War on Drugs approach has had on those who commit crime and also have a substance use dependence. The analysis is based on 32 semi-structured life event narratives of individuals with sub- stance use histories originally released from prison in the early 1990's and re-interviewed in 2010. The interview narratives revealed the nuanced impact of collateral consequences that affect individuals who have both a criminal record and an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. These consequences impacted not only their ability to reintegrate successfully into the community after prison, but also limited their recovery efforts. The implications of these findings include advancing alternatives to incarceration and expanding support services, enhancing harm reduction policies, and promoting diversion options for individuals committing crimes who portray chronic addiction. Introduction The punitive approach to crime, which encapsulates drug use, has led to an increase of incarcerated populations, especially of those who regularly use drugs (Kim & Puisis, 2017). Approximately two-thirds of incarcerated per- sons meet the criteria for a drug or alcohol dependency, and more than half of these individuals will return to the community only to return to prison again within 2years (Alper, Durose, & Markman, 2018; CASA, 2010). In recent years, states have begun pulling back from the harsh War on Drugs policies that were declared in the 1980's, primarily because of the high price of mass incarceration and the lack of desired results-a drug- free America (Brownstein, 2016; Deitch, Koutsenok, & Ruiz, 2000; Welsh & Rajah, 2014). This retreat has only intensified with the opioid epidemic that continues to plague communities across the country (DHHS, 2016; CONTACT Shannon Streisel 0 streisel@udel.edu ( Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 18 Amstel Avenue, 325 Smith Hall, Newark, DE, USA. CO 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

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