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. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series .

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

Includes bibliographies 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.



9781479860746


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.


Electronic Books.

HV9304 / .A384 2016