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Prisoners Paroled to the Violent Streets Describe their Lives to Us [electronic resource] : Understanding Where Social Rehabilitation Must Begin
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharp, Terri L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminals--Missouri--Kansas City--Biography.
- Criminals--Rehabilitation--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Kansas City (Mo.)--Social conditions--Anecdotes.
- Parole--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Criminals--Rehabilitation--Kansas City--Missouri--Biography.
- Criminals.
- Parole.
- Criminals--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Kansas City (Mo.).
- Local Subjects:
- Criminals--Missouri--Kansas City--Biography.
- Criminals--Rehabilitation--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Kansas City (Mo.)--Social conditions--Anecdotes.
- Parole--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book argues for the importance of communication when facing problems associated with probation and parole. Based on the use of story-telling and listening as a way to influence behavior, the authors include fourteen fictionalized, reality-based narratives, which portray the reality of life within a large city's violent urban core.
- Contents:
- PRISONERS PAROLED TO THE VIOLENT STREETS DESCRIBE THEIR LIVES TO US: Understanding Where Social Rehabilitation Must Begin; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Telling Stories; Chapter 2 - Challenges; Chapter 3 - Communication Paradigm; Chapter 4 - Writing the Narratives; Chapter 5 - Communication Barriers for Probation and Parole; Chapter 6 - Moses on His Own: A Child of Violence; Chapter 7 - Sylvia: From Juarez to Kansas City; Chapter 8 - Paul: An Expired Shelf Life; Chapter 9 - Jamal: A Rain Garden
- Chapter 10 - Tony: The Old ConChapter 11 - Jon: Messages from Intolerance; Chapter 12 - Rick: A Parent's Cry for Help; Chapter 13 - Rhonda: Communication and a Female Sex Offender; Chapter 14 - Margaret: A Misunderstanding; Chapter 15 - Kenny: The Saga of a Rapper; Chapter 16 - Daniel: Missing; Chapter 17 - Jason: 'Til Death Do We Part; Chapter 18 - Pete: Sins of the Father; Chapter 19 - Carlos: From Cuba to Prison; Chapter 20 - Epilogue; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-2183-1
- OCLC:
- 823380737
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