Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities : Reentry, Race, and Politics / Anthony C. Thompson.
2008
HV9275 .T56 2008
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Title
Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities : Reentry, Race, and Politics / Anthony C. Thompson.
ISBN
9780814784228
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2008]
Copyright
©2008
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814784228.001.0001 doi
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HV9275 .T56 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
365/.6470973
Summary
In the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century,African Americans made up approximately twelve percent ofthe 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, he identifies the ways in which media and politics have contributed to the problem, especially through stereotyping and racial bias. Well aware of the potential consequences if this country fails to act, Thompson offers concrete, realizable ideas of how our policies could, and should, change.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Reentry, Race, and Stigma
2 Media Influence on Public Perceptions of Prison Life
3 Women: The Afterthought in Reentry Planning
4 Reentry and Housing
5 Reentry and Health Care
6 Reentry and Unemployment
7 Reentry and the Political Process
8 Reentry and Parole
9 Reentry Courts
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Reentry, Race, and Stigma
2 Media Influence on Public Perceptions of Prison Life
3 Women: The Afterthought in Reentry Planning
4 Reentry and Housing
5 Reentry and Health Care
6 Reentry and Unemployment
7 Reentry and the Political Process
8 Reentry and Parole
9 Reentry Courts
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author