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After Prison: Navigating Employment and Reintegration
written by James Young; edited by Adrienne Peters and Rose Ricciardelli (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017), 288 page(s)
Employment for former prisoners is a critical pathway toward reintegration into society and is central to the processes of desistance from crime. Nevertheless, the economic climate in Western countries has aggravated the ability of former prisoners and people with criminal records to find gainful employment.After...
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written by James Young; edited by Adrienne Peters and Rose Ricciardelli (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017), 288 page(s)
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Employment for former prisoners is a critical pathway toward reintegration into society and is central to the processes of desistance from crime. Nevertheless, the economic climate in Western countries has aggravated the ability of former prisoners and people with criminal records to find gainful employment.After Prison opens with a former prisoner’s story of reintegration employment experiences. Next, relying on a combination of research inter...
Employment for former prisoners is a critical pathway toward reintegration into society and is central to the processes of desistance from crime. Nevertheless, the economic climate in Western countries has aggravated the ability of former prisoners and people with criminal records to find gainful employment.After Prison opens with a former prisoner’s story of reintegration employment experiences. Next, relying on a combination of research interviews, quantitative data, and literature, contributors present an international comparative review of Canada’s evolving criminal record legislation; the promotive features of employment; the complex constraints and stigma former prisoners encounter as they seek employment; and the individual and societal benefits of assisting former prisoners attain “gainful” employment. A main theme throughout is the interrelationship between employment and other central conditions necessary for safety and sustenance.This book offers suggestions for criminal record policy amendments and new reintegration practices that would assist individuals in the search for employment. Using the evidence and research findings of practitioners and scholars in social work, criminology and law, psychology, and other related fields, the contributors concentrate on strategies that will reduce the stigma of having been in prison; foster supportive relationships between social and legal agencies and prisons and parole systems; and encourage individually tailored resources and training following release of individuals.
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Global Issues
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Book
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Adrienne Peters, Rose Ricciardelli
Author / Creator
James Young
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context and History of Prison, Parole, Employment opportunities, Employment, Released from prison, Prisons, Prisoners, Sociology, Reentry, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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The Future of Imprisonment
edited by Michael Tonry, fl. 2014 (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2004), 272 page(s)
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edited by Michael Tonry, fl. 2014 (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2004), 272 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Michael Tonry, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context and History of Prison, Prisons, Prisoners, Prison reform, Law, Prison Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe
written by James Q. Whitman, 1957- (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2003), 322 page(s)
Criminal justice in America is harsh and degrading when compared to other countries in the West. By contrast, France and Germany are systematically mild. Whitman suggests that the difference results from America's non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power.
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written by James Q. Whitman, 1957- (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2003), 322 page(s)
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Criminal justice in America is harsh and degrading when compared to other countries in the West. By contrast, France and Germany are systematically mild. Whitman suggests that the difference results from America's non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
James Q. Whitman, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context and History of Prison, Philosophy, Criminal punishment, Law, Politics & Policy, Prison Policy
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Life after Life Imprisonment
written by Catherine A. Appleton (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2010), 277 page(s)
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written by Catherine A. Appleton (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2010), 277 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Catherine A. Appleton
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context and History of Prison, Prison sentences, Sociology, Law, Politics & Policy, Prison Policy
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Mass Imprisonment: Social Causes and Consequences
edited by David W. Garland, 1955- (London, England: Sage Publications, 2001), 193 page(s)
This major new volume of papers by leading criminologists, sociologists and historians, sets out what is known about the political and penological causes of the phenomenon of mass imprisonment. Mass imprisonment, American-style, involves the penal segregation of large numbers of the poor and minorities. Imprisonme...
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edited by David W. Garland, 1955- (London, England: Sage Publications, 2001), 193 page(s)
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This major new volume of papers by leading criminologists, sociologists and historians, sets out what is known about the political and penological causes of the phenomenon of mass imprisonment. Mass imprisonment, American-style, involves the penal segregation of large numbers of the poor and minorities. Imprisonment has become a central institution for the social control of the urban poor. Other countries are now looking to the USA to see what sh...
This major new volume of papers by leading criminologists, sociologists and historians, sets out what is known about the political and penological causes of the phenomenon of mass imprisonment. Mass imprisonment, American-style, involves the penal segregation of large numbers of the poor and minorities. Imprisonment has become a central institution for the social control of the urban poor. Other countries are now looking to the USA to see what should be learned from this massive and controversial social experiment. This book describes mass imprisonment's impact upon crime, upon the minority communities most affected, upon social policy and, more broadly upon national culture. This is a book that all penologists and poli
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Global Issues
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Book
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David W. Garland, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Sage Publications
Topic / Theme
General Context and History of Prison, Prisons, Prisoners, Imprisonment, Law, Sociology, Prison Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001 Sage Publications
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The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System
written by David Skarbek (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2014), 237 page(s)
When most people think of prison gangs, they think of chaotic bands of violent, racist thugs. Few people think of gangs as sophisticated organizations (often with elaborate written constitutions) that regulate the prison black market, adjudicate conflicts, and strategically balance the competing demands of inmates...
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written by David Skarbek (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2014), 237 page(s)
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When most people think of prison gangs, they think of chaotic bands of violent, racist thugs. Few people think of gangs as sophisticated organizations (often with elaborate written constitutions) that regulate the prison black market, adjudicate conflicts, and strategically balance the competing demands of inmates, gang members, and correctional officers. Yet as David Skarbek argues, gangs form to create order among outlaws, producing alternative...
When most people think of prison gangs, they think of chaotic bands of violent, racist thugs. Few people think of gangs as sophisticated organizations (often with elaborate written constitutions) that regulate the prison black market, adjudicate conflicts, and strategically balance the competing demands of inmates, gang members, and correctional officers. Yet as David Skarbek argues, gangs form to create order among outlaws, producing alternative governance institutions to facilitate illegal activity. He uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics, and to explain why prison gangs form, how formal institutions affect them, and why they have a powerful influence over crime even beyond prison walls. The ramifications of his findings extend far beyond the seemingly irrational and often tragic society of captives. They also illuminate how social and political order can emerge in conditions where the traditional institutions of governance do not exist.
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Global Issues
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Author / Creator
David Skarbek
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
Gangs, Cliques and gangs, Prisons, Prisoners, Law, Sociology, Prison Identity and Culture, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Surviving Incarceration: Inside Canadian Prisons
written by Rose Ricciardelli (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014), 258 page(s)
Is prison a humane form of punishment and an effective means of rehabilitation? Are current prison policies, such as shifting resources away from rehabilitation toward housing more offenders, improving the safety and lives of incarcerated populations?Considering that many Canadians have served time, are currently...
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written by Rose Ricciardelli (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014), 258 page(s)
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Is prison a humane form of punishment and an effective means of rehabilitation? Are current prison policies, such as shifting resources away from rehabilitation toward housing more offenders, improving the safety and lives of incarcerated populations?Considering that many Canadians have served time, are currently incarcerated, or may one day be incarcerated–and will be released back into society–it is essential for the functioning and betterm...
Is prison a humane form of punishment and an effective means of rehabilitation? Are current prison policies, such as shifting resources away from rehabilitation toward housing more offenders, improving the safety and lives of incarcerated populations?Considering that many Canadians have served time, are currently incarcerated, or may one day be incarcerated–and will be released back into society–it is essential for the functioning and betterment of communities that we understand the realities that shape the prison experience for adult male offenders. Surviving Incarceration reveals the unnecessary and omnipresent violence in prisons, the heterogeneity of the prisoner population, and the realities that different prisoners navigate in order to survive.Ricciardelli draws on interviews with almost sixty former federal prisoners to show how their criminal convictions, masculinity, and sexuality determined their social status in prison and, in consequence, their potential for victimization. The book outlines the modern "inmate code" that governs prisoner behaviours, the formal controls put forth by the administration, the dynamics that shape sex-offender experiences of incarceration, and the personal growth experiences of many prisoners as they cope with incarceration.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Rose Ricciardelli
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context and History of Prison, Prison sentences, Prisoners, Prisons, Sociology, Prison Identity and Culture, Prison Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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