RT Book
T1 Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood: Adaptation, Identity and Time
T2 Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
T2 Springer eBook Collection
A1 Crewe, Ben
A2 Hulley, Susie
A2 Wright, Serena
LA English
PP London
PB Palgrave Macmillan UK
YR 2020
PP London
PB Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2020
ED 1st ed. 2020.
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1686647999
AB 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Pen Portraits -- 4. The Early Years -- 5. Coping And Adaptation -- 6.Social Relations -- 7. Identity and the Self -- 8. Time and Place -- 9. Discussion.
AB This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based on a major study, including almost 150 interviews with men and women at various sentence stages and over 300 surveys, it explores the ways in which long-term prisoners respond to their convictions, adapt to the various challenges that they encounter and re-construct their lives within and beyond the prison. Focussing on such matters as personal identity, relationships with family and friends, and the management of time, the book argues that long-term imprisonment entails a profound confrontation with the self. It provides detailed insight into how such prisoners deal with the everyday burdens of their situation, feelings of injustice, anger and shame, and the need to find some sense of hope, control and meaning in their lives. In doing so, it exposes the nature and consequences of the life-changing terms of imprisonment that have become increasingly common in recent years.
OP 340
CN 364.6
SN 9781137566010
K1 Corrections
K1 Punishment
K1 Human Rights
K1 Criminology
K1 Juvenile delinquents
K1 Forensic Psychology
K1 Social Justice
K1 Social Psychology
K1 Großbritannien : Erwachsener : 18-25 Jahre : Lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe
K1 eBook-Springer-Law-and-Criminology-2020
DO 10.1057/978-1-137-56601-0