LEADER 03739nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910820852603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-02842-3 010 $a1-134-02835-0 010 $a1-282-46269-5 010 $a9786612462696 010 $a1-84392-731-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781843927310 035 $a(CKB)2550000000001226 035 $a(EBL)477296 035 $a(OCoLC)609853462 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11250511 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10348053 035 $a(PQKB)10654405 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477296 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL477296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364916 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL246269 035 $a(OCoLC)824698829 035 $a(OCoLC)303098381 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB151991 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000001226 100 $a20090331d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHow offenders transform their lives /$fedited by Bonita Veysey, Johnna Christian and Damian J. Martinez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCullompton $cWillan Publishing$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84392-508-7 311 $a1-84392-509-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 company 327 $aChapter 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; Index 330 $aAt 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 606 $aCriminals$xRehabilitation$zUnited States 606 $aCorrections$zUnited States 615 0$aCriminals$xRehabilitation 615 0$aCorrections 676 $a365.6 701 $aVeysey$b Bonita M$01722932 701 $aChristian$b Johnna$01722930 701 $aMartinez$b Damian J$01722931 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820852603321 996 $aHow offenders transform their lives$94123760 997 $aUNINA