02788nam 2200529I 450 991079313710332120180917082815.01-78769-321-X1-78769-319-8(CKB)4100000006670301(MiAaPQ)EBC5511101(UtOrBLW)9781787693197(EXLCZ)99410000000667030120180917d2018 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReentry, desistance, and the responsibility of the state let them back in /Stephen C. McGuinn (Quinnipiac University, USA)Bingley, England :Emerald Publishing,2018.1 online resource (117 pages)Emerald pointsIncludes index.1-78769-320-1 1-78769-322-8 Includes bibliographical references.This work asks readers to reconsider punishment contracts in the United States. It illustrates the importance of state accountability and responsibility to those who are punished, while also focusing on the dual importance of desistance and re-entry. Looking across current criminological desistance literature, Stephen C. McGuinn shows the value of empowerment, meaning and, most of all, assimilation. Woven throughout the text, the work also captures the actual experiences of a man returning to society after eleven years in prison. He details his experiences in a daily journal, providing an honest and forthright account of the confusion and struggle of those who come home after lengthy prison stays. Through this account, readers are reminded of the importance of human connection and compassion. As researchers, as scientists, we must provide a map, or a language and narrative, on how to consider punishment in the US. In developing a new way to consider the process of desistance, this book champions the humanity in forgiveness and the compassion of justice.Emerald points.ImprisonmentUnited StatesPrisonersDeinstitutionalizationUnited StatesCriminalsRehabilitationUnited StatesSocial ScienceCriminologybisacshCrime & criminologybicsscImprisonmentPrisonersDeinstitutionalizationCriminalsRehabilitationSocial ScienceCriminology.Crime & criminology.365.973McGuinn Stephen C.1979-1527888UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910793137103321Reentry, desistance, and the responsibility of the state3798859UNINA