After Life Imprisonment: Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Marieke Liem
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Description for After Life Imprisonment: Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Hardback. "Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479806928
SKU
V9781479806928
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About Marieke Liem
Marieke Liem is Senior Researcher and chair of the Violence Research Initiative at Leiden University and a Marie Curie Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Robert J. Sampson is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative. He is the author of several books, including Great American City: Chicago ... Read more
Reviews for After Life Imprisonment: Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Considering the enormity of the sanction, it is remarkable how little we know about the lives of those who survive life imprisonment. With the powerful narratives in this ground-breaking book, Marieke Liem brings their perspectives into new light and asks & when is enough, enough? in terms of the punitive state.
Shadd Maruna,co-author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform ... Read more
Shadd Maruna,co-author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform ... Read more