Reducing Recidivism: Inside a System That Forgets an Individuals Struggles Post-Incarceration

By Wayne Joseph Gombar

Reducing Recidivism is more than a policy proposal. It's a testament to humanity inside a system that often forgets it.
With clarity, compassion, and unflinching honesty, this book gives voice to the people behind the numbers, the mothers, veterans, youth, elders, and returning citizens whose stories are too often silenced, flattened, or ignored. It challenges readers to see incarceration not as the end of accountability, but as the beginning of a larger moral question: What comes after the sentence?

From trauma-informed care and credible mentorship to employment barriers and stigma, One at a Time explores the structural failures - and the human solutions - that shape reentry in America. It is a roadmap for policymakers and practitioners, but also a mirror for the rest of us, asking: Who are we if we only remember people by their crimes and not by their potential?

This isn't just about reform.

It's about recognition, restoration, and redemption.

When complete, this book won't just inform readers - it will change the way they see justice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F9TMDHXL
• ISBN13: 9798285038979
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"