Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Prelims; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on contributors; 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 change |
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Chapter 7. Accounts of change and resistance among women prisonersChapter 8. Parole supervision, change in the self, and desistance from substance use and crime; Chapter 9. Identity change through the transformational 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; Chpater 11. Lessons learned about offender change; implications |
Summary |
This book presents a series of studies (mostly qualitative) that investigate individual identity transformation from offender status to pro-social, non-offending roles |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Christian, Johanna
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Martinez, Damian
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ISBN |
9781843927310 |
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1843927314 |
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