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Prisoner reentry and social capital : the long road to reintegration / Angela Hattery and Earl Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hattery, Angela.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--Deinstitutionalization--United States.
- Prisoners.
- Ex-convicts--Employment--United States.
- Ex-convicts.
- Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
- Social capital (Sociology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on interviews with 25 men and women who were recently released from prison, this book explores the re-entry process and the barriers that lead to failed re-entry and a return to prison. Unique to Prisoner Re-entry and Social Capital, Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery explore the role that social capital plays in successful re-entry as well the unique experiences of drug addicts, sex offenders, and women who give birth while incarcerated.
- Contents:
- Barriers to re-entry and increased recidivism
- The role of addiction
- The role of sexual abuse in childhood
- The special case of women
- The impact of social capital on re-entry
- The special case of exonerees
- Where do we go from here? : policy implications.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-31372-4
- 1-282-60755-3
- 9786612607554
- 0-7391-4390-5
- OCLC:
- 700699418
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