After life imprisonment: reentry in the era of mass incarceration

Introduction -- Understanding desistance -- The context -- Lives spiraling out of control -- A life sentence -- A productive, law-abiding citizen -- Life after life imprisonment -- Residual effects of imprisonment -- Going back -- Staying out -- Reconsidering lifer reentry -- Notes. "Study of o...

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Main Author: Liem, Marieke 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author: New York University Press. Verlag
Contributors: Sampson, Robert J. 1956- (Writer of preface)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York New York University Press [2016]
In:Year: 2016
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 8328
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Keywords:
Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > United States
Murderers > United States
Life Imprisonment > Social aspects > United States
Ex-convicts > United States > Social conditions
Ex-convicts > United States > Economic conditions
Recidivism > United States
USA > Lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe > Strafaussetzung > Strafentlassener > Resozialisierung
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Summary:Introduction -- Understanding desistance -- The context -- Lives spiraling out of control -- A life sentence -- A productive, law-abiding citizen -- Life after life imprisonment -- Residual effects of imprisonment -- Going back -- Staying out -- Reconsidering lifer reentry -- Notes. "Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"
Item Description:"... study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released" - Vorwort
Enthält Literaturangaben und Index
Physical Description:xii, 267 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:1-4798-8282-8
1-4798-0692-7
978-1-4798-8282-3
978-1-4798-0692-8