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After Imprisonment
About This Book
Studies in Law, Politics, andSociety provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within thebroad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest editionof this highly successful research series, chapters examine a diverse range oflegal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. This volumefeatures a special section with papers dedicated to life after imprisonment.The chapters examine issues around offender rehabilitation, mass incarceration, and overcriminalization. Other papers included in this important volume addressthe shift in attitudes to solitary confinement (and the prospect of movingbeyond solitary confinement measures) and private prison services. This volumebrings together leading scholars and will be vital reading for all thoseresearching in this subject area.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- After Solitary Confinement: A New Era of Punishment?
- Planning for Precarity? Experiencing the Carceral Continuum of Imprisonment and Reentry
- Banking on Rehab: Private Prison Vendors and the Reconfiguration of Mass Incarceration
- The Collateral Consequence Conundrum: Comparative Genealogy, Current Trends, and Future Scenarios
- ā$40 to Make Sureā: Background Check Laws and the Endogenous Construction of Criminal Risk
- Churning Through The System: How People Engage With The Criminal Justice System When Faced With Short Sentences
- Maximizing Charges: Overcriminalization and Prosecutorial Practices During the Crime Decline