Overview
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest edition of this highly successful research series, chapters examine a diverse range of legal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. This volume features 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 address the shift in attitudes to solitary confinement (and the prospect of moving beyond solitary confinement measures) and private prison services. This volume brings together leading scholars and will be vital reading for all those researching in this subject area.
Full Product Details
Author: Austin Sarat (Amherst College, USA)
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume: 77
Weight: 0.392kg
ISBN: 9781787692701
ISBN 10: 1787692701
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 06 November 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Seven studies offer sociological perspectives on life after imprisonment in the US. They cover 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; 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; and maximizing charges: over-criminalization and prosecutorial practices during the crime decline.--Annotation (c)2019 (protoview.com)
Seven studies offer sociological perspectives on life after imprisonment in the US. They cover 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; 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; and maximizing charges: over-criminalization and prosecutorial practices during the crime decline. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *
Author Information
Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, USA. He is also a Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor. He has written, co-written, or edited more than fifty books in the fields of law and political science.
