tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post8840041328154729935..comments2024-01-04T13:54:21.297+04:00Comments on Social Science in the Caucasus: Recidivism and Reintegration in the Georgian Penitentiary System: Research and ProspectsHansGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363857450625734125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post-78879585115536072592007-01-17T16:32:00.000+04:002007-01-17T16:32:00.000+04:00There's quite a lot of research on health in FSU p...There's quite a lot of research on health in FSU prisons, especially on HIV and TB (see below for a couple of Georgia cites). I dont think there's much on rehabilitation, recidivism, and other general penologoy, at least not comparing across the FSU.<br /><br />Paul Rogers, "Reforming the delivery of forensic mental health and prison mental health in the Republic of Georgia," <i>Mental Health Practice</i>, 2006, <b>9</b>(5):38-40.<br /><br />A. Aerts, "Pulmonary tuberculosis in prisons of the ex-USSR state Georgia: results of a nation-wide prevalence survey among sentenced inmates," <i>The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease</i>, 2000, <b>4</b>(12):1104-1110.Jonathan Kulickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948310496229298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post-4255868830853418612007-01-15T11:05:00.000+04:002007-01-15T11:05:00.000+04:00are there any good studies on penitentiary systems...are there any good studies on penitentiary systems in the former Soviet Union? <br /><br />It potentially raises several issues, not least a classical moral hazard/adverse selection one -- if the re-integration/training programs are better inside the prison than outside, this might not send the desired signals. <br /><br />It seems that the transition countries would need to experiment and find novel solutions, not least because few Western penitentiary systems have model character.HansGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363857450625734125noreply@blogger.com