How offenders transform their lives / / edited by Bonita Veysey, Johnna Christian and Damian J. Martinez

• Pubblicazione: Cullompton, : Willan Publishing, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.6
• Soggetto topico: Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States; Corrections - United States
• Altri autori: VeyseyBonita M ChristianJohnna MartinezDamian J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 company ; Chapter 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: How offenders transform their lives
• ISBN: 1-134-02842-3; 1-134-02835-0; 1-282-46269-5; 9786612462696; 1-84392-731-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820852603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II