Releasing prisoners, redeeming communities : reentry, race, and politics / Anthony C. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Anthony C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ex-convicts--United States.

Ex-convicts.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

Minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century,African Americans made up approximately twelve percent of the United States population but close to forty percent of the United States prison population. Now, in the latter half of the decade, the nation is in the midst of the largest multi-year discharge of prisoners in its history. In Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities , Anthony C. Thompson discusses what is likely to happen to these ex-offenders and why. For Thompson, any discussion of ex-offender reentry is, de facto, a question of race. After laying out the statistics,

Contents:

Reentry, race, and stigma

Media influence on public perceptions of prison life

Women : the afterthought in reentry planning

Reentry and housing

Reentry and health care

Reentry and unemployment

Reentry and the political process

Reentry and parole

Reentry courts

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-241) and index.

ISBN:

9780814784228

0814784224

9780814783160

0814783163

OCLC:

779828308