03739nam 2200697Ia 450 991082085260332120200520144314.01-134-02842-31-134-02835-01-282-46269-597866124626961-84392-731-410.4324/9781843927310 (CKB)2550000000001226(EBL)477296(OCoLC)609853462(SSID)ssj0000361289(PQKBManifestationID)11250511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361289(PQKBWorkID)10348053(PQKB)10654405(MiAaPQ)EBC477296(Au-PeEL)EBL477296(CaPaEBR)ebr10364916(CaONFJC)MIL246269(OCoLC)824698829(OCoLC)303098381(FINmELB)ELB151991(EXLCZ)99255000000000122620090331d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow offenders transform their lives /edited by Bonita Veysey, Johnna Christian and Damian J. Martinez1st ed.Cullompton Willan Publishingc20091 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84392-508-7 1-84392-509-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; How Offenders Transform Their Lives; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1 Identity transformation and offender change; Chapter 2 Moments of transformation: formerly incarcerated individuals' narratives of change; Chapter 3 Looking-glass identity transformation: Pygmalion and Golem in the rehabilitation process; Chapter 4 Former prisoners, their family members, and the transformative potential of support; Chapter 5 'I got a quick tongue': negotiating ex-convict identity in mixed companyChapter 6 Thinking inside the box: prisoner education, learning identities, and the possibilities for changeChapter 7 Accounts of change and resistance among women prisoners; Chapter 8 Parole supervision, change in the self, and desistance from substance use and crime; Chapter 9 Identity change through the transformation model of the public safety initiative of LIFERS, Inc.; Chapter 10 Formerly incarcerated persons' use of advocacy/activism as a coping orientation in the reintegration process; Chapter 11 Lessons learned about offender change: implications for criminal justice policy; IndexAt 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 CriminalsRehabilitationUnited StatesCorrectionsUnited StatesCriminalsRehabilitationCorrections365.6Veysey Bonita M1722932Christian Johnna1722930Martinez Damian J1722931MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820852603321How offenders transform their lives4123760UNINA