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After life imprisonment : reentry in the era of mass incarceration / Marieke Liem ; foreword by Robert J. Sampson.
Liem, Marieke, author.; Sampson, Robert J., 1956- writer of foreword.
2016
HV9304 .L54 2016 (Mapit)
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Title After life imprisonment : reentry in the era of mass incarceration / Marieke Liem ; foreword by Robert J. Sampson.
Author Liem, Marieke, author.
ISBN 9781479882823 (paperback)
1479882828 (paperback)
9781479806928 (hardcover)
1479806927 (hardcover)
Published New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description xii, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number HV9304 .L54 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 365/.6470973
Summary "One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentence--roughly 130,000 people. While some have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority of prisoners serving 'life' will be released back into society. But what becomes of those people who reenter the everyday world after serving life in prison? In After Life Imprisonment, Marieke Liem carefully examines the experiences of 'lifers' upon release. Through interviews with over sixty homicide offenders sentenced to life but granted parole, Liem tracks those able to build a new life on the outside and those who were re-incarcerated. The interviews reveal prisoners' reflections on being sentenced to life, as well as the challenges of employment, housing, and interpersonal relationships upon release. Liem explores the increase in handing out of life sentences, and specifically provides a basis for discussions of the goals, costs, and effects of long-term imprisonment, ultimately unpacking public policy and discourse surrounding long-term incarceration. A profound criminological examination, After Life Imprisonment reveals the untold, lived experiences of prisoners before and after their life sentences"--Provided by publisher.
Note "Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-259) and index.
Added Author Sampson, Robert J., 1956- writer of foreword.
Series New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
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Introduction
Understanding desistance
The context
Lives spiraling out of control
A life sentence
A productive, law-abiding citizen
Life after life imprisonment
Residual effects of imprisonment
Going back
Staying out
Reconsidering lifer reentry
Notes.

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