Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma : How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance / Andrea M. Leverentz.

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Leverentz, Andrea M, 1973-

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text

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computer

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ISBN:

9781461958185
1461958180
1306460107
9781306460101
9780813562292
0813562295
9780813562285
0813562287

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma.DDC classification:

365.660820973 22

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HV9304 .L427 2014eb

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Contents:

The mercy home and the discourse of reentry and desistance -- Introducing the women and their pathways to offending -- A year in the life : evolving perspectives on desistance and reentry -- Family dynamics in reentry and desistance -- Women's chosen relationships and their role in self-redefinition -- Education, employment, and a house of one's own: conventional markers of success.

Summary: Drawing on repeated interviews with forty-nine women newly released from prison, Leverentz explores the conflicting messages these women receive about who they are and who they should be-from prison staff, workers at halfway houses and drug treatment programs, family members, and friends. These messages, she shows, shape the narratives the women create to explain their past records and guide their future behavior.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Drawing on repeated interviews with forty-nine women newly released from prison, Leverentz explores the conflicting messages these women receive about who they are and who they should be-from prison staff, workers at halfway houses and drug treatment programs, family members, and friends. These messages, she shows, shape the narratives the women create to explain their past records and guide their future behavior.

In English.

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