Prisoner reentry and crime in America / edited by Jeremy Travis, Christy Visher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Travis, Jeremy, editor.

Visher, Christy Ann, editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in criminology.

Cambridge studies in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

Ex-convicts--United States.

Ex-convicts.

Recidivism--United States.

Recidivism.

Crime--United States.

Crime.

Imprisonment--United States.

Imprisonment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Prisoner Reentry & Crime in America

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America is intended to shed light on a question that fuels the public's concern about the number of returning prisoners. What are the public safety consequences of the fourfold increase in the number of individuals entering and leaving the nation's prisons each year? Many have speculated about the nexus between prisoner reentry and public safety. Journalistic accounts of the reentry phenomenon have painted a picture of a tidal wave of hardened criminals coming back home to resume their destructive lifestyles. Law enforcement officials have attributed increases in violence in their communities to the influx of returning prisoners. Politicians have recommended policies that keep former prisoners out of high crime neighborhoods in the belief that crime would be reduced. The chapters in this book address these issues and suggest policies that will keep released prisoners from committing new crimes.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 From Cell to Society; 3 Reentry as a Transient State between Liberty and Recommitment; 4 The Contribution of Ex-Prisoners to Crime Rates; 5 Does Supervision Matter?; 6 The Impact of Imprisonment on the Desistance Process; 7 Communities and Reentry; 8 Work and Family Perspectives on Reentry; 9 Considering the Policy Implications; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15325-5

1-281-10853-7

9786611108533

0-511-81358-9

0-511-34486-4

0-511-34448-1

0-511-34409-0

0-511-56797-9

0-511-34520-8

OCLC:

185082135