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Dancing to the concertina's tune : a prison teacher's memoir / by Jan Walker.
Van Pelt Library HV8883.3.U52 W35 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, Jan (Janet D.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walker, Jan (Janet D.).
- Walker, Jan.
- Prison educators--Washington (State)--Biography.
- Prison educators.
- McNeil Island Penitentiary.
- Washington (State).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 207 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- An honest and compassionate account of a teacher's experiences behind bars.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Preview of an Unusual Career xiii
- 1 Going Inside the Prison Fence 1
- 2 Behind the Badge 6
- 3 The Parenting Experiment 11
- 4 Confronting Attitude 21
- 5 Roles, Rules, and Realities 28
- 6 Orwell's Elephant 37
- 7 Visiting the Cell House 43
- 8 The Chain and Its Links 49
- 9 A Distinct Link 56
- 10 Families and Other Unusual Formations 66
- 11 Family Patterns and Secrets 73
- 12 Sex Offenders 81
- 13 Tell the Truth 92
- 14 Cope with Consequences 103
- 15 Begin with Trust 115
- 16 Inmates Reparenting Themselves 124
- 17 It's About Time 134
- 18 Men Doing Time 143
- 19 Male Inmates as Authors 155
- 20 Women Doing Time 161
- 21 Inmates and Victims Face-to-Face 175
- 22 Parenting from a Distance 182
- 23 A Day in Court 192
- 24 Going Back Out 201.
- ISBN:
- 1555536018
- 1555536026
- OCLC:
- 54079899
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