Flipping the Script: Masculinity and Reintegration in a Parolee Mentoring Programme

This research presents the culmination of more than 80 hours of observation of a community-based reintegration programme known as Coalition, Leadership, Education, Advice, and Rehabilitation (CLEAR). Through a thematic analysis of discussions between returning and returned citizens, the research explores the role of masculinity in crime cessation and reintegration among a group of predominantly minority males. Our findings suggest that masculinity, although not always identified, is a salient factor in the subject’s lives and routinely gives shape to their behaviour.