Reentry, desistance, and the responsibility of the state : let them back in

• Main Author: McGuinn, Stephen C., 1979- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Series: Emerald points.
• Subjects: Imprisonment > United States.; Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > United States.; Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787693197; 9781787693210
• DOI: 10.1108/9781787693197
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 108 pages) ; cm.

This work asks readers to reconsider punishment contracts in the United States. It illustrates the importance of state accountability and responsibility to those who are punished, while also focusing on the dual importance of desistance and re-entry. Looking across current criminological desistance...