Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood, Adaptation, Identity and Time, by Ben Crewe, Susie Hulley, Serena Wright
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Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood, Adaptation, Identity and Time, by Ben Crewe, Susie Hulley, Serena Wright
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non fiction
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Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood
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1134074327
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by Ben Crewe, Susie Hulley, Serena Wright
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Palgrave Studies in Prisons and PenologySpringer eBooks.
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Adaptation, Identity and Time
Summary
This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based on a major study, including almost 150 interviews with men and women at various sentence stages and over 300 surveys, it explores the ways in which long-term prisoners respond to their convictions, adapt to the various challenges that they encounter and re-construct their lives within and beyond the prison. Focussing on such matters as personal identity, relationships with family and friends, and the management of time, the book argues that long-term imprisonment entails a profound confrontation with the self. It provides detailed insight into how such prisoners deal with the everyday burdens of their situation, feelings of injustice, anger and shame, and the need to find some sense of hope, control and meaning in their lives. In doing so, it exposes the nature and consequences of the life-changing terms of imprisonment that have become increasingly common in recent years.--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Pen Portraits -- 4. The Early Years -- 5. Coping And Adaptation -- 6.Social Relations -- 7. Identity and the Self -- 8. Time and Place -- 9. Discussion
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