TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
DO  - 10.18574/nyu/9780814784228.001.0001
DO  - doi
AB  - 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.
T1  - Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities :Reentry, Race, and Politics /
AU  - Thompson, Anthony C., 
JF  - New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
CN  - HV9275
LA  - eng
LA  - In English.
ID  - 1480169
KW  - Criminals
KW  - Ex-convicts
KW  - Minorities
KW  - LAW / Criminal Law / General
KW  - US.
KW  - change.
KW  - could.
KW  - into.
KW  - look.
KW  - policies.
KW  - reentry.
KW  - should.
SN  - 9780814784228
TI  - Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities :Reentry, Race, and Politics /
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