In the era of increasing support for rehabilitation, an often-overlooked question is how the public recognizes when someone is rehabilitated. The current study uses experimentally designed case files (n = 2,178) in an online opt-in survey to tap into which types of justice-involved individuals are more likely to be considered as being rehabilitated by the public. Furthermore, we examine the robustness of this effect using multiple situational contexts (e.g., hiring this individual, having them as a neighbor, spending time with children). Findings suggest three key features for recognizing who and when someone is rehabilitated, which have practical implications for reentry.

在康复支持日益增多的时代，一个经常被忽视的问题是公众如何认识到一个人康复了。目前的研究在一项在线选择加入调查中使用实验设计的案件档案（n  = 2,178）来了解哪些类型的正义参与个人更有可能被公众视为正在康复。此外，我们使用多种情境（例如，雇用这个人、让他们作为邻居、与孩子共度时光）来检查这种效应的稳健性。研究结果提出了识别谁以及何时某人康复的三个关键特征，这对重返社会具有实际意义。