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The Professional Convict's Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. --Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama

<p> The Professional Convict's Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. --Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama

The Professional Convict's Tale is a must-read for students, criminologists, forensic psychologists, caseworkers, lawyers, parole officers, or anyone interested in learning about doing time. O'Neill offers realistic and helpful recommendations for improvement of the system so that it can work better for staff, inmates, and society overall. --Ania Dobrzanska, American Correctional Association The Professional Convict's Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. --Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama The Professional Convict s Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama The Professional Convict s Tale is a must-read for students, criminologists, forensic psychologists, caseworkers, lawyers, parole officers, or anyone interested in learning about doing time. O Neill offers realistic and helpful recommendations for improvement of the system so that it can work better for staff, inmates, and society overall. Ania Dobrzanska, American Correctional Association The Professional Convict's Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. --Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama The Professional Convict's Tale is a must-read for students, criminologists, forensic psychologists, caseworkers, lawyers, parole officers, or anyone interested in learning about doing time. O'Neill offers realistic and helpful recommendations for improvement of the system so that it can work better for staff, inmates, and society overall. --Ania Dobrzanska, American Correctional Association The Professional Convict ' s Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. -- Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama The Professional Convict' s Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an in their own words view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community. -- Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama The Professional Convict' s Tale is a must-read for students, criminologists, forensic psychologists, caseworkers, lawyers, parole officers, or anyone interested in learning about doing time. O' Neill offers realistic and helpful recommendations for improvement of the system so that it can work better for staff, inmates, and society overall. -- Ania Dobrzanska, American Correctional Association

""The Professional Convict's Tale addresses substantial historical issues in the development of corrections. Johnson presents an ""in their own words"" view of inmate adjustment to maximum security prisons, placing these raw views in a sound analytical structure. He focuses on social change as it relates to institutions, to the individual adaptations to entry into and movement within the social context of the prison, and to inmate reentry into the broader community.""--Robert T. Sigler, University of Alabama ""The Professional Convict's Tale is a must-read for students, criminologists, forensic psychologists, caseworkers, lawyers, parole officers, or anyone interested in learning about doing time. O'Neill offers realistic and helpful recommendations for improvement of the system so that it can work better for staff, inmates, and society overall.""--Ania Dobrzanska, American Correctional Association

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Elmer H. Johnson, distinguished professor emeritus with the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is the author or editor of eight other books, including Linking Community and Corrections in Japan and Criminalization and Prisoners in Japan: Six Contrary Cohorts.

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