Prisoner Reentry: A Review of Recent Literature on Men (and a Few Women) Leaving Prison
Author: Russ Immarigeon.
Source: Volume 17, Number 03, September/October 2013 , pp.33-36(4)
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Abstract:
In this article, five recently published books are reviewed: Offender Reentry: Beyond Crime and Restraint by Elaine Gunnison and Jacqueline B. Helfgott; Rethinking the Reentry Paradigm: A Blueprint for Action by Melinda Schlager; Reconstructing Rage: Transformative Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration by Townsand Price-Spratlen and William Goldsby; Prisoner Reentry Programs: Penetrating the Black Box for Better Theory and Practice by Eric L. Grommon; and Offender Reentry: Rethinking Criminology and Criminal Justice by Matthew S. Crow and John Ortiz Smykla.Keywords: race-, gender- and class-based challenges; recidivism; six dimensions of offender reentry; Reconstruction, Inc; community-based resources; parole and reentry practice
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