Being Imprisoned

Punishment, Adaptation and Desistance
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-44082-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3452 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology

Exploring the way in which criminal punishment is interpreted and narrated by offenders, this book examines the meaning offenders ascribe to their sentence and the consequences of this for future desistance.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schinkel, M.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Fergus McNeill 1. Introduction 2. Meanings and Experiences of Punishment 3. Purposes Perceived in the Sentence 4. Legitimacy and the Impact of the Prison Environment 5. Narrative Demands and Desistance 6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Marguerite Schinkel is a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK.