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10%OFFAnthony C. Thompson - Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities - 9780814783214 - V9780814783214
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Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities

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Description for Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities paperback. Discusses what is likely to happen to the ex-offenders and why. This book identifies the ways in which media and politics have contributed to the problem, especially through stereotyping and racial bias. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.

In the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century,African Americans made up approximately twelve percent ofthe United States population but close to forty percent of the United States prison population. Now, in the latter half of the decade, the nation is in the midst of the largest multi-year discharge of prisoners in its history. In Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities, Anthony C. Thompson discusses what is likely to happen to these ex-offenders and why.
For Thompson, any discussion of ex-offender reentry is, de facto, a question of race. After laying out the statistics, he identifies the ways in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814783214
SKU
V9780814783214
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99-50

About Anthony C. Thompson
Anthony C. Thompson is Professor of Clinical Law, Emeritus at New York University School of Law. Professor Thompson is the author of a number of articles and books including Dangerous Leaders and Releasing Prisoners/Redeeming Communities, among others.

Reviews for Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities
Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities marks the debut of a powerful new voice destined to play a key role in our national criminal justice debate. Thompson tackles one of the most challenging public policy dilemmas of our time: What to do with some 600,000 people who leave prison every year? Along the way, he deftly exposes the media's complicity in creating ... Read more

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