Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
01.07.2009
Herausgeber
Veysey Bonita + weitereVerlag
Taylor and FrancisSeitenzahl
240
Maße (L/B/H)
24/16.1/1.8 cm
Gewicht
480 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-84392-509-5
At a time when the scale of imprisonment in the United States has reached a historic high, researchers estimate that more than 600,000 individuals a year are released from prison to return to their home communities. These individuals have serious needs, such as finding employment and housing, reuniting with family members, and obtaining healthcare and treatment for alcohol and substance abuse problems. While research in this area has stressed these aspects of the transition from prison, a less explored area of research considers the role of internal identity shifts from that of an offender to one of a citizen, and how this creates the conditions for desistance from criminal behavior both within the confines of a correctional facility and in the reentry process. This book presents a series of studies mostly qualitative that investigate individual identity transformation from offender status to pro-social, non-offending roles. Moreover, the work highlights the perspectives of men and
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