03035 a2200433 4500 0367530821 20250317100412.0 250312042021GB eng 9780367530822 Taylor & Francis GBP 39.99 BB 01 eng NH thema JBCC1 thema JBSL thema LAR thema JKVP thema JKVS thema LNFB thema LNFX1 thema H bic JFCA bic JFSL3 bic LAR bic JKVP1 bic JKVS bic LNFB bic LNFX1 bic LAW026000 bisac SOC004000 bisac 365.6630973 bisac Keesha M. Middlemass Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century Critical Perspectives of Returning Home 1 Oxford Routledge 20210630 420 p This groundbreaking edited volume evaluates prisoner reentry using a critical approach to demonstrate how the many issues surrounding reentry do not merely intersect but are in fact reinforcing and interdependent. The number of former incarcerated persons with a felony conviction living in the United States has grown significantly in the last decade, reaching into the millions. When men and women are released from prison, their journey encompasses a range of challenges that are unique to each individual, including physical and mental illnesses, substance abuse, gender identity, complicated family dynamics, the denial of rights, and the inability to voice their experiences about returning home. Although scholars focus on the obstacles former prisoners encounter and how to reduce recidivism rates, the main challenge of prisoner reentry is how multiple interdependent issues overlap in complex ways. By examining prisoner reentry from various critical perspectives, this volume depicts how the carceral continuum, from incarceration to reentry, negatively impacts individuals, families, and communities; how the criminal justice system extends different forms of social control that break social networks; and how the shifting nature of prisoner reentry has created new and complicated obstacles to those affected by the criminal justice system. This volume explores these realities with respect to a range of social, community, political, and policy issues that former incarcerated persons must navigate to successfully reenter society. A springboard for future critical research and policy discussions, this book will be of interest to U.S. and international researchers and practitioners interested in the topic of prisoner reentry, as well as graduate and upper-level undergraduate students concerned with contemporary issues in corrections, community-based corrections, critical issues in criminal justice, criminal justice policies, and reentry. CalvinJohn Smiley B01 2425 2425