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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972412903321

Autore

Petersilia Joan

Titolo

When prisoners come home : parole and prisoner reentry / / by Joan Petersilia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009, c2003

ISBN

9786612367595

9780199888948

0199888949

9781282367593

1282367595

9780199727414

0199727414

9780195160864

019516086X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 278 p.) : ill., map

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Disciplina

364.8/0973

Soggetti

Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States

Parole - United States

Rehabilitació de delinqüents

Llibertat condicional

Llibres electrònics

Estats Units d'Amèrica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Overview: The Emerging Importance of Prisoner Reentry to Crime and Community -- 2 Who's Coming Home? A Profile of Returning Prisoners -- 3 The Origins and Evolution of Modern Parole -- 4 The Changing Nature of Parole Supervision and Services -- 5 How We Help: Preparing Inmates for Release -- 6 How We Hinder: Legal and Practical Barriers to Reintegration -- 7 Revolving Door Justice: Inmate Release and Recidivism -- 8 The Victim's Role in Prisoner Reentry -- 9 What to Do? Reforming Parole and Reentry Practices -- 10 Conclusions: When



Punitive Policies Backfire -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

As the number of ex-convicts in America continues to grow, their systematic marginalization threatens the very society their imprisonment was meant to protect. The author explores the harsh realities of prisoner re-entry and offers specific solutions whilst keeping in mind public safety.