The Voluntary Sector in Prisons: Encouraging Personal and Institutional Change (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Abrams, Laura S.; Hughes, Emma; Inderbitzin, Michelle; Meek, Rosie. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
This volume examines how volunteers and non-profit programs encourage institutional change in prisons and offer individual support and services to people who are housed behind bars. Through a diverse set of chapters, including two that are co-written by current prisoners, the volume spans the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and juvenile and adult facilities. The book showcases the exciting, groundbreaking, and yet often unrecognized work that the voluntary sector provides in correctional settings. Collectively, the chapters highlight beneficial practices while raising critical questions about the role of the voluntary sector in prison and reentry settings. The chapters also ... Read more
This volume examines how volunteers and non-profit programs encourage institutional change in prisons and offer individual support and services to people who are housed behind bars. Through a diverse set of chapters, including two that are co-written by current prisoners, the volume spans the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and juvenile and adult facilities. The book showcases the exciting, groundbreaking, and yet often unrecognized work that the voluntary sector provides in correctional settings. Collectively, the chapters highlight beneficial practices while raising critical questions about the role of the voluntary sector in prison and reentry settings. The chapters also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137542144
SKU
V9781137542144
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Ref
99-15
About N/A
Laura S. Abrams is Professor of Social Welfare at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA, California, USA. She is the author of Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C (2013) and Life After Juvie: Young Men and Women on Desistance, Survival, and Becoming an Adult (forthcoming). Emma Hughes is Associate Professor of ... Read more
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