April Bernard

Transforming Justice, Transforming Lives

Women's Pathways to Desistance from Crime

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an ethnographic account of the ways in which formerly gang-affiliated women reconstructed their lives through stewardship and community engagement. It focuses on the women's lives before and after committing to desist from crime, and emphasizes the factors that facilitated their commitment including the mutual support they exchanged in their communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 391g
• ISBN-13: 9781498519809
• ISBN-10: 1498519806
• Artikelnr.: 43339357

Autorenporträt

By April Bernard

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Lens Chapter 2: Methodology Chapter 3: Pathways to
Desistance Chapter 4: Reconstruction and Redemptive Opportunities Chapter
5: Cultivating Community Case: A Safe Haven Case: Ambassadors for Christ,
We are all in Need of Redemption Case: Liberation Christian Center, An
Empowerment Agenda Case: Vida Abundante, A Community of Care Chapter 6: The
Female "Offender" as Peacemaker Chapter 7: Transformative Justice: Changing
Patterns