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If so, please email maude.boucher-rehel@umontreal.ca to express your interest. Are you interested in participating in the study?
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Research Context
The term “revolving door (RD) syndrome” is used in the scientific literature, but especially within professional practice, to describe individuals who experience repeated admissions to certain public institutions—typically over very short periods—without receiving adequate care or treatment. First introduced in psychiatry following the deinstitutionalization of the 1960s, the concept has since been extended to other contexts, including the prison system.Few studies on RD have focused on women, and none have specifically examined women who have exited the revolving door cycle. Yet data from Québec’s Ministry of Public Security show that 39% of women under provincial correctional supervision are re-incarcerated within two years of their release, underscoring the significance of the RD phenomenon among women. Moreover, scientific literature consistently demonstrates that the histories, needs, and judicial and correctional trajectories of men and women are fundamentally different.Research Context
Research Objective
Research Objective
Understanding the pathways of women who have broken the cycle of repeated incarceration
Research Steps
Research Steps
Step1:
Step1:
Informal Meeting
Informal Meeting
During our first meeting, we will take time to get to know each other, discuss the project, and answer any questions you may have.
Duration: 30 minutes to 1.5 hours
Location of your choice: online (Teams) or in person in a public or private place
Step 2:
Step 2:
Unstructured Individual Interview
Unstructured Individual Interview
During this interview, you will be invited to share your experience of exiting the revolving-door incarceration cycle and to tell your story since your last incarceration.
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Location of your choice: online (Teams) or in person in a private setting
Compensation: $40
Step 3:
Step 3:
Follow-up Meeting
Follow-up Meeting
In this follow-up meeting, we will review your story together to ensure that my interpretation accurately reflects your experience, to deepen important aspects, and, if needed, to address new themes.
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Location of your choice: online (Teams) or in person in a private setting
Compensation: $40
Step 4:
Step 4:
Discussion Groups
Discussion Groups
You will then be invited to join a discussion group of approximately five participants to collectively reflect on possible actions and solutions to improve support for women affected by revolving-door incarceration.
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Location of your choice: online (Teams) or in person in a private setting
Compensation: $40
Participants must meet the following eligibility criteria to take part in the study:
Participants must meet the following eligibility criteria to take part in the study:
You have been incarcerated multiple times over the course of your life
Your most recent contact with the criminal justice system — including any criminal or penal record, as well as any form of community supervision (probation or parole) — occurred more than one year ago
You identify as a woman
You are 18 years of age or older
Ethic Approval Number : 2025-7180
Project conducted by: Maude Boucher-Réhel, PhD candidate in Criminology, Université de Montréal
Supervised by: Chloé Leclerc, Full Professor at the School of Criminology, Université de Montréal, and Director of the International Centre for Comparative Criminology (ICCC)
Other questions?
Other questions?
For any questions about the project: maude.boucher-rehel@umontreal.ca
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