Excessive Formalism and Obsessive Security: The Organizational Logic of the Rehabilitation Disjuncture in Chinese Community Corrections

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Excessive formalism undermines the commitment to offender rehabilitation in community corrections settings.
Analysis from ethnographic data highlights a significant gap in achieving rehabilitation goals for offenders.
Organizational structure and culture contribute to a prevailing focus on security rather than rehabilitative care.
To achieve welfarist objectives, a shift in organizational processes is essential for effective offender rehabilitation.

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Ethnographic study exposes how excessive formalism and obsession with security hinder offender rehabilitation.

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