Stephen C. Mcguinn

Reentry, Desistance, and the Responsibility of the State (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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 literature, Stephen C. McGuinn shows the value of empowerment, meaning and, most of all, assimilation. Woven throughout the text, the work also captures the actual experiences of a man returning to society after eleven years in prison. He details his experiences in a daily journal, providing an honest and forthright account of the confusion and struggle of those who come home after lengthy prison stays. Through this account, readers are reminded of the importance of human connection and compassion. As researchers, as scientists, we must provide a map, or a language and narrative, on how to consider punishment in the US. In developing a new way to consider the process of desistance, this book champions the humanity in forgiveness and the compassion of justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787693210
• Artikelnr.: 54260155

Autorenporträt

Stephen C. McGuinn is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Quinnipiac University, USA. Prior to pursuing his doctorate, he worked as a mental health professional and as an Assistant Unit Chief on Rikers Island in New York City. Every year, he teaches an Inside Out Prison Exchange seminar in a maximum-security prison in Connecticut.