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After life imprisonment : reentry in the era of mass incarceration /

Liem, Marieke,

After life imprisonment : reentry in the era of mass incarceration / Marieke Liem ; foreword by Robert J. Sampson. - pages cm - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series . - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series. .

"Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781479806928 1479806927 9781479882823 1479882828

LCCN: 2016014071

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisoners--Deinstitutionalization--United States.
Murderers--United States.
Life imprisonment--Social aspects--United States.
Ex-convicts--Social conditions.--United States
Ex-convicts--Economic conditions.--United States
Recidivism--United States.

LC Class. No.: HV9304 / .L54 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 365/.6470973