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.
9781479806928 1479806927 9781479882823 1479882828
2016014071
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.