Beschreibung
THE GERMAN PRISON SYSTEM - a topic that interests politicians when elections are looming, and the media whenever scandal is involved - is expensive and largely ineffective: over half of the people released from prison re-offend within five years. Locking people up does not rehabilitate them. Instead, the influences of prison subculture prevail. Bernd Maelicke examines the causes of this dilemma, and highlights pathways to the successful social reintegration of offenders. With the 'Rehabilitation Agenda 2025', Bernd Maelicke outlines guidelines and an action plan for concrete and desperate improvement. His credo:'Punishing people is easy, but usually leads nowhere. Showing people a better path and helping them navigate it is difficult, but its worth it.'
Autorenportrait
PROF. DR. BERND MAELICKE, born in 1941, is one of Germanys bestknown crime and social policy experts.From 1978 to 1990, he was director of the renowned Institute for Social Work and Social Education (ISS) in Frankfurt am Main. As undersecretary in the Ministry of Justice of Schleswig-Holstein from 1990 to 2005, he steered reform and development in the state system of custodial and non-custodial services. Since 2005, he has been founding director of the German Institute for Social Economy (DISW) in Lüneburg. He has published innovative concepts for the rehabilitation of offenders and the protection of victims in numerous articles and books.
