Telling stories -- Challenges -- Communication paradigm -- Writing the narratives -- Communication barriers for probation and parole -- Moses on his own : a child of violence -- Sylvia : from Juarez to Kansas City -- Paul : an expired shelf life -- Jamal : a rain garden -- Tony : the old con -- Jon : messages from intolerance -- Rick : a parent's cry for help -- Rhonda : communication and a female sex offender -- Margaret : a misunderstanding -- Kenny : the saga of a rapper -- Daniel : missing -- Jason : 'til death do we part -- Pete : sins of the father -- Carlos : from Cuba to prison -- Epilogue
Summary
This book argues for the importance of communication when facing problems associated with probation and parole. Based on the use of story-telling and listening as a way to influence behavior, the authors include fourteen fictionalized, reality-based narratives, which portray the reality of life within a large city's violent urban core
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index
