期刊名称：Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
电子版ISSN：1070-8286
出版年度：2005
卷号：12
期号：2
出版社：State University of New York at Albany
摘要：This article explores the relationship between individuals' media use during incarceration and their re-entry experience. Previous research suggests that mass media may facilitate the transition from prison to the free world because they can normalise life in the penitentiary and keep prisoners informed about major events and developments in society. The findings of a quantitative study into the media use and reality perceptions of long-term prisoners, and a qualitative study into the re-entry experience and the perceived importance of mass media use during incarceration in the light of this experience, suggest that media are a necessary but insufficient condition for a smooth re-entry
