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Abstract: 

This is the second part of a two-part paper documenting a 22-month practice research project that explored the pertinent issues and challenges in working with ex-offenders and their family members. The first part of the paper, published in the previous issue of JCC, introduced the project and focused on the issues pertinent to engaging the ex-offenders and their family members. This second part describes the specific lessons learned in working with the three ex-offenders and their family members, particularly in the area of assessment and intervention, using the family system perspective. It also reports on the discussions with policymakers and stakeholders of correctional services in Singapore at a workshop held at the end of the practice research project.

Keywords: eco-mapping; reportory grid; friendship; family

Affiliations:  1: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Social Sciences.