%0 Journal Article
%T On the Value Integration of Successfully Reformed Ex
%A Heath Hoffmann
%A Jennifer Cole Wright
%A Olivia Coen
%J Journal of Humanistic Psychology
%@ 1552-650X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0022167815614955
%X The issue of successfully reintegrating ex-prisoners into society is a critical one. To assess the process of successful reintegration, we interviewed five male ex-convicts about their past versus present lives. Their responses were coded for self-oriented (agency) and community-oriented values. We found a shift away from ¡°unmitigated¡± agency, toward community values from past to present, and also an integration of agency with community similar to that found in moral exemplars. This increase in integration was not found in a demographically matched control group. The transitions exemplified in these ex-convicts¡¯ narratives help define potential paths for successful reintegration into society
%K value integration
%K ex-convicts
%K moral exemplars
%K agency
%K community
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022167815614955