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After life imprisonment : reentry in the era of mass incarceration / Marieke Liem ; foreword by Robert J. Sampson.

Author: Liem, Marieke, author.

Imprint:New York : New York University Press, [2016]

Descriptionxii, 267 pages ; 24 cm

Note:"Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword.

Note:Introduction -- Understanding desistance -- The context -- Lives spiraling out of control -- A life sentence -- A productive, law-abiding citizen -- Life after life imprisonment -- Residual effects of imprisonment -- Going back -- Staying out -- Reconsidering lifer reentry -- Notes.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Author:
Liem, Marieke, author.
Series Statement
New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
Subject:
Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- United States.
Murderers -- United States.
Life imprisonment -- Social aspects -- United States.
Ex-convicts -- United States -- Social conditions.
Ex-convicts -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Recidivism -- United States.
Contributor
Sampson, Robert J., 1956- writer of foreword.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.