After Crime and Punishment

ISBN-13: 9781843920588 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 302 str.

Shadd Maruna; Russ Immarigeon

Opis

Resettling ex-prisoners into the community has become an important issue and, in the words of Janet Reno, "one of the most pressing problems we face as a nation." In the US over 600,000 prisoners leave prison each year, or over 1,600 each day, and they are finding it more difficult than ever before to re-enter society successfully. At the same time parole violations have more than doubled since 1980. The recent re-entry problem is not only a product of the rapid increase in rates of incarceration, but a leading cause of this as well. Yet this issue has not been well served by the criminological literature, and the new policies and programs that have been set up to address the problem have not been well grounded in criminological thinking. This book seeks to address the important set of issues involved by bringing together the best of recent thinking and research into desistance from crime, drawing upon research in both the UK and the US, and with a distinct focus on how this might have

Recenzje

'After Crime and Punishment is a must for those interested in the reintegration and resettlement of ex-prisoners and ex-offenders. It provides both an introductory text and an up-to-date and original exploration of the theoretical and practical study of desistance. From definitions to research, this text uses a dynamic and fresh style to report on an eclectic mix of related areas.' - Carly Angus, West Midlands Area Psychology Office

Spis treści

Contents.  Foreword  Part I: Desistance Theory and Reintegration Practice  1. Ex-offender Reintegration: Theory and Practice  2. Reintegration and Restorative Justice: Towards a Theory and Practice of Informal Social Control and Support  3. Social Capital and Offender Reintegration: Making Probation Desistance Focused  Part II: Methodological Considerations  4. Connecting Desistance and Recidivism: Measuring Changes in Criminality over the Lifespan  5. Somewhere Between Persistence and Desistence: The Intermittency of Criminal Careers  Part III: Applied Research on Desistance  6. Jail or the Army: Does Military Service Facilitate Desistance from Crime?  7. To Reoffend or not to Reoffend? The Ambivalence of Convicted Property Offenders  8. Desistance from Crime: Is it Different for Women and Girls?  9. Beating the Perpetual Incarceration Machine: Overcoming Structural Impediments to Re-entry  10. With Eyes Wide Open: Formalizing Community and Social Control Intervention in Offender Reintegration Programmes  11. Less than the Average Citizen': Stigma, Role Transition and the Civic Reintegration of Convicted Felons  Index

O autorze

Shadd Maruna, Russ Immarigeon